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This Proto-Sabaki entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Sabaki
Etymology
From *-mala. Compare Chichewa -maliza.
Noun
*-malizya[1]
- to finish
Descendants
- Mijikenda:
- >? Chiduruma: -marigiza
- >? Giryama: -marigiza
- Swahili:
- Comorian:
References
- ^ Nurse, Derek; Hinnebusch, Thomas J. (1993), Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic History, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 600