Where does “tuŵahaŵi” come from?

tuŵahaŵi (Tumbuka) comes from Tumbuka tu-, from Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-.

Ancestry of “tuŵahaŵi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tumbukatu-Class 13 noun prefix
2Proto-Bantu*tʊ̀-
Every word from Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-Every word from Tumbuka tu-
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