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Where does “bu-” come from?

bu- (Northern Ndebele) comes from Proto-Bantu bʊ́- — Class 14 pronominal concord; Class 14 subject...

bu- (Northern Ndebele): it; class 14 subject concord; it; class 14 object...

Definitions

  1. it; class 14 subject concord; it; class 14 object...

Ancestry of “bu-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantubʊ́-Class 14 pronominal concord; Class 14 subject...
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