Where does “ubudoda” come from?

ubudoda (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa ubu-, from Proto-Bantu *[[bʊ́-]][[bʊ̀-]].

ubudoda (Xhosa): manhood, mankind

Definitions

  1. manhood, mankind

Ancestry of “ubudoda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosaubu-Class 14 noun prefix
2Proto-Bantu*[[bʊ́-]][[bʊ̀-]]—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *[[bʊ́-]][[bʊ̀-]] →Every word from Xhosa ubu- →