setla

Old English

Etymology

From setl (“a sitting”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈset.lɑ/

Noun

setla m

  1. (only in compounds) a person sitting beside
  2. (only in compounds) an assessor or fellow judge

References

  • John Clark Hall (1916) Concise Anglo-Saxon dictionary‎[2]

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English settler.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

setla class V (plural masetla class VI)

  1. settler
    Synonym: mlowezi

References

  1. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (2002) “The Evolution of the Kiswahili Syllable Structure”, in South African Journal of African Language‎[1], volume 22, number 1, →DOI, page 4 of 1-10
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