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SWAHILI · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

sokota.

to twist, twine

6 characters3 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to twist, twine

  2. to roll (of a cigarette)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-fyokoca, inherited through Northern dialects. The (semi-)regular Unguja descendent -fyokota is obsolete. Cognate with Kipfokomo -pfyokotsa. Ashton takes it to be from -suka (“to plait, to braid”) + -ta, but the vowels do not match.

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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.