Where does “mboni” come from?

mboni (Tumbuka) comes from Proto-Bantu *nbónì, from Proto-Bantu -bóna — to see; to find.

mboni (Tumbuka): the pupil of the eye

Definitions

  1. the pupil of the eye

Ancestry of “mboni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu*nbónì—
2Proto-Bantu-bónato see; to find
Every word from Proto-Bantu -bóna →Every word from Proto-Bantu *nbónì →