Where does “lapa” come from?

lapa (Sotho) comes from Proto-Bantu -dàmba — to be starved.

lapa (Sotho): to be hungry

Definitions

  1. to be hungry

Ancestry of “lapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu-dàmbato be starved
Every word from Proto-Bantu -dàmba
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