Where does “ndiye” come from?

ndiye (Swahili) comes from Xhosa ndi-, from Proto-Bantu ǹ- — Class 9 noun prefix; Class 10 noun prefix; 1st...

ndiye (Swahili): it is him/her/it

Definitions

  1. it is him/her/it

Ancestry of “ndiye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosandi-I; first-person singular subject concord; me;...
2Proto-Bantuǹ-Class 9 noun prefix; Class 10 noun prefix; 1st...
Every word from Proto-Bantu ǹ- →Every word from Xhosa ndi- →