daladala

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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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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