Where does “fungama” come from?

fungama (Swahili) comes from Portuguese -ama, from Portuguese -ame, from Latin -amen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

fungama (Swahili): to be bound, to be tied

Definitions

  1. to be bound, to be tied

Ancestry of “fungama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-amaforms nouns indicating a disorderly group or...
2Portuguese-ameforms nouns indicating a group or collection of...
3Latin-amen—
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Portuguese -ama →