Where does “ubalo” come from?

ubalo (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa bala, from Proto-Bantu -bàda — to count.

ubalo (Xhosa): census

Definitions

  1. census

Ancestry of “ubalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosabalato count
2Proto-Bantu-bàdato count
Every word from Proto-Bantu -bàda →Every word from Xhosa bala →