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tanakali.

onomatopoeia

8 characters4 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. onomatopoeia

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic تَنَاقَلَ (tanāqala, “to be transmitted, to be passed down, to be carried over”).

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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.