Where does “cualya” come from?

cualya (Tataltepec Chatino) comes from English kwela, from Zulu khwela, from Proto-Bantu *-kóɪda.

cualya (Tataltepec Chatino): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “cualya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkwelaA style of music, first played in the townships,...
2Zulukhwelato ascend, to climb; to mount, to get onto, to...
3Proto-Bantu*-kóɪda—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *-kóɪda →Every word from Zulu khwela →Every word from English kwela →