Where does “tjha” come from?

tjha (Southern Ndebele) comes from Proto-Bantu -pɪ́à, from Proto-Bantu -pɪ́a — to be burnt, hot, cooked; to be ripe.

tjha (Southern Ndebele): new

Definitions

  1. new

Ancestry of “tjha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu-pɪ́ànew
2Proto-Bantu-pɪ́ato be burnt, hot, cooked; to be ripe
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