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SWAHILI · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

la.

to eat

2 characters1 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

verb/lɑ/
  1. to eat

  2. to consume, to eradicate

    broadly
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Atlantic-Congo *di- Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a Swahili la Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *di- (“to eat”).

intj/ˈlɑ/
  1. no

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *lā Arabic لَا (lā)bor. Swahili la Borrowed from Arabic لَا (lā).

particle/lɑ/
  1. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ji-ma class|ji class_((V))]] inflected form of -a

Where this word comes from

See -a.

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