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Where does “-bala” come from?

-bala (Proto-Nguni) comes from Proto-Bantu -bàda — to count.

-bala (Proto-Nguni): to count

Definitions

  1. to count

Ancestry of “-bala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu-bàdato count
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