cakulya

Tumbuka

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ca (“Class 7 associative particle”) +‎ kulya (“to eat”). Cognate with Yao (Africa) cakulya (“food”), Chichewa chakudya (“food”) and Mwani chakurya (“food”).

Noun

cakulya class 7 (plural vyakulya class 8)

  1. food

Derived terms

Yao (Africa)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ca (“Class 7 associative particle”) +‎ kulya (“to eat”). Cognate with Tumbuka cakulya (“food”), Chichewa chákúdyá (“food”) and Mwani chakurya (“food”).

Noun

cakulya class 7 (plural yakulya)

  1. food

References

  • Ciyawo - English Dictionary: Dikishonale ja Ŵakulijiganya
  • Rev. Alexander Hetherwick, M.A., F.R.G.S. (1889), Introductory Handbook of the Yao Language‎[1], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 106
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