Where does “ukuhendwa” come from?

ukuhendwa (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa uku-, from Proto-Bantu *[[kʊ́-]][[kʊ̀-]].

ukuhendwa (Xhosa): temptation

Definitions

  1. temptation

Ancestry of “ukuhendwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosauku-Class 15 noun prefix; forms the infinitive of...
2Proto-Bantu*[[kʊ́-]][[kʊ̀-]]—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *[[kʊ́-]][[kʊ̀-]] →Every word from Xhosa uku- →