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Where does “yema” come from?

yema (Phuthi) comes from Proto-Bantu -jɪ́ma — to stand; to stop.

yema (Phuthi): to stop

Definitions

  1. to stop

Ancestry of “yema”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu-jɪ́mato stand; to stop
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