Where does “tinungu” come from?

tinungu (Chichewa) comes from Chichewa ti-, from Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-.

Ancestry of “tinungu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chichewati-1st person plural subject concord, we
2Proto-Bantu*tʊ̀-
Every word from Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-Every word from Chichewa ti-
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