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Where does “tinkhalango” come from?
tinkhalango (Chichewa) comes from Chichewa ti-, from Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-.
Ancestry of “tinkhalango”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Chichewa
ti-
1st person plural subject concord, we
2
Proto-Bantu
*tʊ̀-
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