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Where does “tumilalang'amba” come from?
tumilalang'amba (Tumbuka) comes from Tumbuka tu-, from Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-.
Ancestry of “tumilalang'amba”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Tumbuka
tu-
Class 13 noun prefix
2
Proto-Bantu
*tʊ̀-
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