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SWAHILI · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

ujamaa.

brotherhood

6 characters3 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. brotherhood

    class-xi · no-plural

  2. socialism

    class-xi · no-plural
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀- Proto-Sabaki *lu- Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀- Proto-Sabaki *wu- Swahili u- Arabic جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa)bor. Swahili jamaa Swahili ujamaa From u- (“-ness”) + jamaa (“family”).

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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.