צָחַק
tsâchaq
to laugh
a primitive root; to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport; laugh, mock, play, make sport.
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seka
(Bemba)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Bemba meaning | laugh |
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kuseka
(Chichewa)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Chichewa meaning | laugh |
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kuʃeka
(Fipa)
| Hebrew meaning | To laugh, to display laughter (either in joy or derision); to exhibit playful or mocking behavior; in extended senses, to jest, play, or engage in light-hearted amusement, or, negatively, to ridicule or mock someone. |
| Fipa meaning | to laugh |
| Notes | ɬ or ʃ is a common reflex of original *s or *ts in Bantu; matches meaning. |
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koseka
(Ga)
| Hebrew meaning | To laugh, to display laughter (either in joy or derision); to exhibit playful or mocking behavior; in extended senses, to jest, play, or engage in light-hearted amusement, or, negatively, to ridicule or mock someone. |
| Ga meaning | to laugh |
| Notes | Central Bantu, prefix variation but stem is stable. |
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okuseka
(Herero)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Herero meaning | laugh |
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kuseka
(Kamba)
| Hebrew meaning | To laugh, to display laughter (either in joy or derision); to exhibit playful or mocking behavior; in extended senses, to jest, play, or engage in light-hearted amusement, or, negatively, to ridicule or mock someone. |
| Kamba meaning | to laugh |
| Notes | Basic, unmarked verb for 'to laugh', matching widespread 'seka' root. |
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kuseka
(Kaonde)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Kaonde meaning | laugh |
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Theka
(Kikuyu)
| Hebrew meaning | laugh |
| Kikuyu meaning | laugh |
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kusêka
(Kimbundu)
| Hebrew meaning | To laugh, to display laughter (either in joy or derision); to exhibit playful or mocking behavior; in extended senses, to jest, play, or engage in light-hearted amusement, or, negatively, to ridicule or mock someone. |
| Kimbundu meaning | to laugh, to mock, to ridicule |
| Notes | Found in dictionaries and shares syllable structure. |
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guseka
(Kinyarwanda)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Kinyarwanda meaning | laugh |
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guseka
(Kirundi)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Kirundi meaning | laugh |
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kuseka
(Kongo)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Kongo meaning | laugh |
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kuseka
(Lamba)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Lamba meaning | laugh |
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koseka
(Lingala)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Lingala meaning | laugh |
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kuseka
(Lozi)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Lozi meaning | laugh |
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seka
(Luganda)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Luganda meaning | to laugh |
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isaka
(Luganda)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Luganda meaning | Isaac (name, related to laughter) |
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kuseka
(Luganda)
| Hebrew meaning | To laugh, to display laughter (either in joy or derision); to exhibit playful or mocking behavior; in extended senses, to jest, play, or engage in light-hearted amusement, or, negatively, to ridicule or mock someone. |
| Luganda meaning | to laugh |
| Notes | Cognate with the prevalent Bantu 'seka' root; also found alongside variant forms. |
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okuseka
(Luganda)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Luganda meaning | laugh |
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kuseka
(Lunda)
| Hebrew meaning | To laugh, to display laughter (either in joy or derision); to exhibit playful or mocking behavior; in extended senses, to jest, play, or engage in light-hearted amusement, or, negatively, to ridicule or mock someone. |
| Lunda meaning | to laugh |
| Notes | Matches the core Bantu root and semantic domain. |
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Sega
(Sepedi)
| Hebrew meaning | laugh |
| Sepedi meaning | laugh |
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asega
(Sepedi)
| Hebrew meaning | laughter |
| Sepedi meaning | laughter |
| Notes | You're 💯 % correct lm pedi guy who can collect, asega mean laughter Bana children eya meaning go on or go up |
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sega
(Sepedi)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Sepedi meaning | laugh |
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kuseka
(Shona)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Shona meaning | laugh |
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tsheha
(Sotho)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Sotho meaning | laugh |
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kuseka
(Sukuma)
| Hebrew meaning | To laugh, to display laughter (either in joy or derision); to exhibit playful or mocking behavior; in extended senses, to jest, play, or engage in light-hearted amusement, or, negatively, to ridicule or mock someone. |
| Sukuma meaning | to laugh; to mock |
| Notes | Standard verb for 'laugh', also covers playful/mock sense. |
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cheka
(Swahili)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Swahili meaning | laugh |
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Cheka
(Swahili)
| Hebrew meaning | a primitive root; to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport; laugh, mock, play, make sport. |
| Swahili meaning | to laugh |
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kusheka
(Tonga)
| Hebrew meaning | To laugh, to display laughter (either in joy or derision); to exhibit playful or mocking behavior; in extended senses, to jest, play, or engage in light-hearted amusement, or, negatively, to ridicule or mock someone. |
| Tonga meaning | to laugh |
| Notes | Likely a dialectal realization; vowel shift typical in southern Central Bantu. |
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kuseka
(Tshiluba)
| Hebrew meaning | To laugh, to display laughter (either in joy or derision); to exhibit playful or mocking behavior; in extended senses, to jest, play, or engage in light-hearted amusement, or, negatively, to ridicule or mock someone. |
| Tshiluba meaning | to laugh |
| Notes | Widely attested as main verb for 'to laugh'. |
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tshega
(Tswana)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Tswana meaning | laugh |
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kuseka
(Tumbuka)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Tumbuka meaning | laugh |
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okuseka
(Umbundu)
| Hebrew meaning | To laugh, to display laughter (either in joy or derision); to exhibit playful or mocking behavior; in extended senses, to jest, play, or engage in light-hearted amusement, or, negatively, to ridicule or mock someone. |
| Umbundu meaning | to laugh |
| Notes | Shared with southern Bantu languages and same spelling as Herero. |
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hleka
(Xhosa)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Xhosa meaning | laugh |
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Hleka
(Xhosa)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Xhosa meaning | laugh |
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hleka
(Zulu)
| Hebrew meaning | to laugh |
| Zulu meaning | laugh |