Where does “nguvu” come from?

nguvu (Luba-Kasai) comes from Proto-Bantu ngùbʊ́ — hippopotamus.

nguvu (Luba-Kasai): hippopotamus

Definitions

  1. hippopotamus

Ancestry of “nguvu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantungùbʊ́hippopotamus
Every word from Proto-Bantu ngùbʊ́