Where does “ubugqwirha” come from?

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

ubugqwirha (Xhosa): witchcraft

Definitions

  1. witchcraft

Ancestry of “ubugqwirha”, 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- →