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Where does “kijio” come from?

kijio (Swahili) comes from Swahili jia, from Swahili ja, from Proto-Bantu -jìja — to come.

kijio (Swahili): dinner, evening meal

Definitions

  1. dinner, evening meal

Ancestry of “kijio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwahilijiaApplicative form of -ja
2Swahilijato come; going to
3Proto-Bantu-jìjato come
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