Where does “pya” come from?

pya (Swahili) comes from Proto-Bantu -pɪ́à, from Proto-Bantu -pɪ́a — to be burnt, hot, cooked; to be ripe.

pya (Swahili): new, fresh, recent

Definitions

  1. new, fresh, recent

Ancestry of “pya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu-pɪ́ànew
2Proto-Bantu-pɪ́ato be burnt, hot, cooked; to be ripe

Words derived from “pya”

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