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toa.

to give (out)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈtɔ.ɑ//ˈt̪ɔ.ɑ/

  1. to give (out)

  2. to produce

  3. to publish

  4. to offer

    kutoa rushwa

  5. to put out, to remove

  6. to withdraw, to retire

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Common Bantu *-cóba Proto-Sabaki *-cowa Swahili toa Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-cowa (“to lack”), from Common Bantu *-cóba (“to lack”). Inherited through a Northern-dialect form -t̪oa. Cognate with Giryama -tsoa and Kipfokomo -tsoa (“to be wrong”). From the same root as -toweka.

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