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lia¹

Where it comes from

Compare with Chichewa -dyera.

verb -lia · kulia

  1. applicative Applicative form of -la: to eat with, for, or at

lia²

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

verb -lia · kulia · kutolia · lia · lieni

  1. to cry, despair, lament, whine
  2. to sound, ring, roar

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"lia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/lia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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lia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/lia

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"lia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/lia.

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@misc{lia_2026,
  title = {lia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/lia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-lia.flac.