daladala

daladala

See also: dala dala and dala-dala

English

Alternative forms

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.

    Noun

    daladala (plural daladalas)

    1. (Tanzania) Synonym of shared taxi.

    Swahili

    Etymology

      Reduplication of dala, from English dollar. The word dala is slang for 5 shillings, which was the daladala fare in the 1980s. Conductors would call dala, dala.[1][2][3]

      Pronunciation

      • Audio (Kenya):(file)

      Noun

      daladala class IX (plural daladala class X)

      1. (Tanzania) matatu

      Synonyms

      References

      1. ^ Rizzo, Matteo (2014), “The political economy of an urban megaproject: The Bus Rapid Transit project in Tanzania”, in African Affairs‎[1], volume 114, number 455, →DOI, page 258 of 249-270: “The name daladala comes from the name of the 5 shilling coin, dala, the cost of one ride in 1983. Conductors used to ask passengers for dala, dala.”
      2. ^ Rizzo, Matteo (2002), “Being Taken for a Ride: Privatisation of the Dar es Salaam Transport System 1983-1998”, in The Journal of Modern African Studies‎[2], volume 40, number 1, →DOI, page 155 of 133-157: “The name daladala comes from the name of the 5 shilling coin used to pay for a trip in 1983. As 5 shillings was equivalent to $1, dala was the Swahilisation of dollar.”
      3. ^ Salazar, Danica (2023), “African Englishes in the Oxford English Dictionary”, in Lexikos‎[3], volume 33, number 1, →DOI, page 34 of 24-40:
        As for Tanzanian English, one of the most widely known words from this variety is daladala, the name of a van or minibus that carries passengers for a fare as part of a local informal transport system. Dating back to 1983, the English word comes from Swahili, with daladala being a reduplication of dala 'dollar', perhaps originally as a bus driver's call. Dala is also the nickname of the Tanzanian 5-shilling coin, which used to be the typical fare for daladala mini-buses.

      Zulu

      Etymology

      Reduplication of -dala.

      Adjective

      -daladala?

      1. very old, ancient

      Inflection

      Adjective concord
      modifier copulative
      positive negative positive negative
      1st singular engimdaladala engingemdaladala ngimdaladala angimdaladala
      2nd singular omdaladala ongemdaladala umdaladala awumdaladala
      1st plural esibadaladala esingebadaladala sibadaladala asibadaladala
      2nd plural enibadaladala eningebadaladala nibadaladala anibadaladala
      class 1 omdaladala ongemdaladala mdaladala akamdaladala
      class 2 abadaladala abangebadaladala badaladala ababadaladala
      class 3 omdaladala ongemdaladala mdaladala awumdaladala
      class 4 emidaladala engemidaladala midaladala ayimidaladala
      class 5 elidaladala elingelidaladala lidaladala alilidaladala
      class 6 amadaladala angemadaladala madaladala awamadaladala
      class 7 esidaladala esingesidaladala sidaladala asisidaladala
      class 8 ezindaladala ezingezindaladala zindaladala azizindaladala
      class 9 endaladala engendaladala, engeyindaladala indaladala, yindaladala ayiyindaladala
      class 10 ezindaladala ezingezindaladala zindaladala azizindaladala
      class 11 oludaladala olungeludaladala ludaladala aluludaladala
      class 14 obudaladala obungebudaladala budaladala abubudaladala
      class 15 okudaladala okungekudaladala kudaladala akukudaladala
      class 17 okudaladala okungekudaladala kudaladala akukudaladala

      References

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