"soma" meaning in Rwanda-Rundi

See soma in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: -soma [canonical], gusoma [infinitive], -somye [perfective]
Etymology: Borrowed from Swahili -soma. Etymology templates: {{etymon|rw|:bor|sw:soma}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-fyoma", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*-píom-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword" : "root", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Common Bantu", "term" : "*-píoma", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "bnt-cmn" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Sabaki", "term" : "*fyoma", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "bnt-sab-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "soma", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Rwanda-Rundi", "term" : "soma", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "rw" }" data-lang="rw" data-title="soma">, {{bor+|rw|sw|soma<alt:-soma>}} Borrowed from Swahili -soma Head templates: {{rw-verb|soma}} -soma (infinitive gusoma, perfective -somye)
  1. to read
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        "Rwanda-Rundi lemmas",
        "Rwanda-Rundi terms borrowed from Swahili",
        "Rwanda-Rundi terms derived from Common Bantu",
        "Rwanda-Rundi terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Rwanda-Rundi terms derived from Proto-Sabaki",
        "Rwanda-Rundi terms derived from Swahili",
        "Rwanda-Rundi terms derived from the Proto-Bantu root *-píom-",
        "Rwanda-Rundi verbs"
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