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Where does “hlala” come from?
hlala (Xhosa) comes from Proto-Bantu -jìkada, from Proto-Bantu -jìka.
hlala
(Xhosa): to live
Definitions
to live
Ancestry of “hlala”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Bantu
-jìkada
—
2
Proto-Bantu
-jìka
—
Words derived from “hlala”
isihlalo
intlalo
umhlali
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