Where does “chiphadzuŵa” come from?

chiphadzuŵa (Chichewa) comes from Chichewa pha, from Proto-Bantu *-jìpa — to kill.

chiphadzuŵa (Chichewa): beautiful girl, pretty girl

Definitions

  1. beautiful girl, pretty girl

Ancestry of “chiphadzuŵa”, step by step

chiphadzuŵa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chichewa pha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chichewaphato kill
2Proto-Bantu*-jìpato kill

via Chichewa dzuwa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chichewadzuwasun
2Proto-Bantu*ìjʊ́bàsun

Words derived from “chiphadzuŵa”

Every word from Proto-Bantu *-jìpa →Every word from Chichewa pha →