Where does “ubu-” come from?

ubu- (Southern Ndebele) comes from Proto-Bantu *[[bʊ́-]][[bʊ̀-]].

ubu- (Southern Ndebele): Class 14 noun prefix

Definitions

  1. Class 14 noun prefix

Ancestry of “ubu-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu*[[bʊ́-]][[bʊ̀-]]—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *[[bʊ́-]][[bʊ̀-]] →