Where does “-lima” come from?

-lima (Proto-Nguni) comes from Proto-Bantu -dɪ̀ma — to cultivate.

-lima (Proto-Nguni): to cultivate; to plough

Definitions

  1. to cultivate; to plough

Ancestry of “-lima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu-dɪ̀mato cultivate
Every word from Proto-Bantu -dɪ̀ma