Where does “imbizo” come from?

imbizo (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa biza, from Proto-Bantu -bɪ́dia, from Proto-Bantu -bɪ́da — to call, announce, tell; to be cooked; to boil.

imbizo (Xhosa): meeting

Definitions

  1. meeting

Ancestry of “imbizo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosabizato call
2Proto-Bantu-bɪ́dia—
3Proto-Bantu-bɪ́dato call, announce, tell; to be cooked; to boil
Every word from Proto-Bantu -bɪ́da →Every word from Proto-Bantu -bɪ́dia →Every word from Xhosa biza →
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