Where does “bumba” come from?

bumba (Rwanda-Rundi) comes from Proto-Bantu -bʊ́mba — to work clay.

bumba (Rwanda-Rundi): to mould (usually from clay)

Definitions

  1. to mould (usually from clay)

Ancestry of “bumba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu-bʊ́mbato work clay
Every word from Proto-Bantu -bʊ́mba
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