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SWAHILI · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

choma.

to burn

5 characters2 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

verb

  1. to burn

  2. to roast, grill

  3. to stab

  4. to inject

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-coma, from Proto-Bantu *-còma. Cognate with Ndzwani Comorian -tsoma (“to punch”) and Giryama -tsoma.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.