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finyanga.

to make pottery, to mold

8 characters3 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to make pottery, to mold

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-fi̧nyanga, from *-fi̧nya (“to pinch, to squeeze”). From the same root as -finya (“to pinch”). Cognate with Mwani -finyanga.

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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.