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teua.

to select

4 characters1 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

verb/tɛˈu.ɑ//t̪ɛˈu.ɑ/
  1. to select

  2. to appoint

  3. to designate

  4. to choose

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-caagula, from Common Bantu *-càagʊda. Doublet of -chagua. Cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -tsaua ~ -tsahua and Giryama -tsagula. The expected form in the Northern dialects is -t̪aua, which seems attested in Mvita. The modified -t̪eua was then borrowed by Unguja, and from there entered standard Swahili.

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