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daladala

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dal-adala
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of shared taxi.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dalą Proto-West Germanic *dal Old High German tal Middle High German tal German Tal German Talerder. Middle Low German dālerbor. Dutch dalerbor. English dollarbor. Swahili dalaredup. Swahili daladalabor. English daladala From Swahili daladala, duplicated call of dala (“5-shilling coin”), from English dollar, q.v. Compare US dollar van.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

daladalas (plural) dala dala (alternative) dala-dala (alternative)

Synonyms

shared taxi

Questions

What does daladala mean?
Synonym of shared taxi.
Where does daladala come from?
It is traced to Swahili.

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