Where does “ritifaa” come from?

ritifaa (Swahili) comes from Arabic ارتفاع, from Arabic ف, from Arabic نَفِدَ — to run out, to give out.

ritifaa (Swahili): apostrophe

Definitions

  1. apostrophe

Ancestry of “ritifaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicارتفاعverbal noun of اِرْتَفَعَ; altitude, height;...
2Arabicفthen, and then; and so, thus, hence, therefore;...
3Arabicنَفِدَto run out, to give out
Every word from Arabic نَفِدَ →Every word from Arabic ف →Every word from Arabic ارتفاع →