tatua

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tatua

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A conflation of two different verbs:

* Proto-Sabaki *-tatula (“to untangle”), from Proto-Bantu *-tátʊda. By surface analysis -tata (“tangle”) + -ua (converse affix). This is cognate with Ndzwani Comorian -tratrua and Chimwiini -tatuɫa.

* Proto-Sabaki *-cancua (“to resolve, to unravel”), inherited through a Northern dialect. This is cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -tsantsua.

verb -tatua · kutatua · kutotatua · tatua · tatueni

conversive Conversive form of -tata: to untangle, disentangle
to solve

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@misc{tatua_2026,
  title = {tatua},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/tatua},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}