Where does “enyanja” come from?

enyanja (Nyoro) comes from Proto-Bantu *njànjá — lake.

enyanja (Nyoro): big lake

Definitions

  1. big lake

Ancestry of “enyanja”, step by step

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