Where does “kataa” come from?

kataa (Swahili) comes from Arabic قَطَعَ, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט‬, from Aramaic 𐡈, from Egyptian 𓄤.

kataa (Swahili): to refuse, deny, object, renounce

Definitions

  1. to refuse, deny, object, renounce

Ancestry of “kataa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقَطَعَto cut
2Arabicطط
3Nabataean𐢋—
4Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
5Aramaicט‬—
6Aramaic𐡈A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
7Egyptian𓄤—
Every word from Egyptian 𓄤 →Every word from Aramaic 𐡈 →Every word from Aramaic ט‬ →
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