Where does “ushukaji” come from?

ushukaji (Swahili) comes from Swahili -aji, from Swahili -i, from Proto-Bantu -ì — Forms agent nouns from verbs.

ushukaji (Swahili): descending?

Definitions

  1. descending?

Ancestry of “ushukaji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahili-ajiusually in agent of an action or person who performs the action as their profession
2Swahili-igeneral negative marker
3Proto-Bantu-ìForms agent nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ì →Every word from Swahili -aji →Every word from Swahili -i →
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