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Where does “lima” come from?

lima (Xhosa) comes from Proto-Bantu -dɪ̀ma — to cultivate.

lima (Xhosa): to farm, cultivate; to plough

Definitions

  1. to farm, cultivate; to plough

Ancestry of “lima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu-dɪ̀mato cultivate
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