Where does “ubuhlobo” come from?

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

ubuhlobo (Xhosa): friendship

Definitions

  1. friendship

Ancestry of “ubuhlobo”, 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- →