Where does “ucingo” come from?

ucingo (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa u-, from Proto-Bantu ʊ́- — Class 1 subject concord.

ucingo (Xhosa): telegram

Definitions

  1. telegram

Ancestry of “ucingo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosau-you, thou; second-person singular subject...
2Proto-Bantuʊ́-Class 1 subject concord
Every word from Proto-Bantu ʊ́- →Every word from Xhosa u- →
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