nakala

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَقْل (naql).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

nakala (n class, plural nakala)

1. a copy (result of copying; often a newspaper article)

   Synonym: kopi

2. a passage of text to be typeset

   nakala ya picha

   photo caption

Related terms

• -nakili (“to copy”)