Where does “-aji” come from?

-aji (Swahili) comes from Swahili -i, from Proto-Bantu -ì — Forms agent nouns from verbs.

-aji (Swahili): usually in agent of an action or person who performs the action as their profession

Definitions

  1. usually in agent of an action or person who performs the action as their profession

Ancestry of “-aji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahili-igeneral negative marker
2Proto-Bantu-ìForms agent nouns from verbs

Words derived from “-aji”

Every word from Proto-Bantu -ì →Every word from Swahili -i →