Where does “úbubí” come from?

úbubí (Proto-Nguni) comes from Proto-Nguni -bí, from Proto-Bantu -bɪ́ɪ̀ — bad.

úbubí (Proto-Nguni): badness, ugliness

Definitions

  1. badness, ugliness

Ancestry of “úbubí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Nguni-bíbad
2Proto-Bantu-bɪ́ɪ̀bad

Words derived from “úbubí”

Every word from Proto-Bantu -bɪ́ɪ̀ →Every word from Proto-Nguni -bí →