Where does “vumela” come from?

vumela (Fanagalo) comes from Zulu vumela, from Zulu -ela, from Proto-Bantu -ɪda — Suffix for forming the applicative form of verbs.

vumela (Fanagalo): to allow

Definitions

  1. to allow

Ancestry of “vumela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zuluvumelato allow, to authorize, to grant, to let, to permit
2Zulu-elaForms applicative verbs, meaning to do something...
3Proto-Bantu-ɪdaSuffix for forming the applicative form of verbs
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ɪda →Every word from Zulu -ela →Every word from Zulu vumela →