Where does “mlambagombe” come from?

mlambagombe (Tonga (Malawi)) comes from Proto-Nguni -lamba, from Proto-Bantu -dàmba — to be starved.

mlambagombe (Tonga (Malawi)): The Milky Way

Definitions

  1. The Milky Way

Ancestry of “mlambagombe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Nguni-lambato become hungry
2Proto-Bantu-dàmbato be starved

Words derived from “mlambagombe”

Every word from Proto-Bantu -dàmba →Every word from Proto-Nguni -lamba →