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Where does “-lamba” come from?

-lamba (Proto-Nguni) comes from Proto-Bantu -dàmba — to be starved.

-lamba (Proto-Nguni): to become hungry

Definitions

  1. to become hungry

Ancestry of “-lamba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu-dàmbato be starved
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