Where does “ikara” come from?

ikara (Kikuyu) comes from Proto-Bantu -jìkada, from Proto-Bantu -jìka.

ikara (Kikuyu): charcoal

Definitions

  1. charcoal

Ancestry of “ikara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu-jìkada—
2Proto-Bantu-jìka—
Every word from Proto-Bantu -jìka →Every word from Proto-Bantu -jìkada →
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