Where does “uba” come from?

uba (Hausa) comes from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- — father.

uba (Hausa): father; head, leader, patron

Definitions

  1. father; head, leader, patron

Ancestry of “uba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Afroasiaticʔab-father
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