Where does “mla mboga” come from?

mla mboga (Swahili) comes from Swahili mla, from Swahili m-, from Arabic سَوَاحِل, from Arabic سَاحِل — coast; boundary, coast; border of the desert.

mla mboga (Swahili): vegetarian

Definitions

  1. vegetarian

Ancestry of “mla mboga”, step by step

mla mboga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swahili mla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilimlaeater
2Swahilim-The prefix for noun class 1 denoting humans; The...
3Arabicسَوَاحِلcoastal dwellers
4Arabicسَاحِلcoast; boundary, coast; border of the desert

via Swahili mboga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilimbogavegetable (a plant raised for some edible part of it)
2Proto-Bantu*mbògàvegetable
Every word from Arabic سَاحِل →Every word from Swahili m- →Every word from Arabic سَوَاحِل →
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