Where does “nguvu” come from?

nguvu (Kituba) comes from Kongo nguvu, from Proto-Bantu ngùbʊ́ — hippopotamus.

nguvu (Kituba): hippopotamus

Definitions

  1. hippopotamus

Ancestry of “nguvu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kongonguvuhippopotamus
2Proto-Bantungùbʊ́hippopotamus
Every word from Proto-Bantu ngùbʊ́ →Every word from Kongo nguvu →