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Where does “-i” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-i”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu-ìForms agent nouns from verbs

Words derived from “-i”

  • uandishi
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