Where does “ubuhle” come from?

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

ubuhle (Xhosa): beauty

Definitions

  1. beauty

Ancestry of “ubuhle”, 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-
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