Where does “puku” come from?

puku (Kimbundu) comes from Proto-Bantu *pʊ́kʊ̀ — rat, mouse.

puku (Kimbundu): a species of rat

Definitions

  1. a species of rat

Ancestry of “puku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu*pʊ́kʊ̀rat, mouse
Every word from Proto-Bantu *pʊ́kʊ̀
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