Where does “inyanja” come from?

inyanja (Lambya) comes from Proto-Bantu *njànjá — lake.

inyanja (Lambya): lake

Definitions

  1. lake

Ancestry of “inyanja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu*njànjálake
Every word from Proto-Bantu *njànjá
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