Where does “ukulwa” come from?

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

ukulwa (Xhosa): fight, struggle

Definitions

  1. fight, struggle

Ancestry of “ukulwa”, 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- →