Where does “umbanjwa” come from?

umbanjwa (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa um-, from Proto-Bantu gʊ́-mʊ̀-.

umbanjwa (Xhosa): prisoner

Definitions

  1. prisoner

Ancestry of “umbanjwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosaum-Class 1 noun prefix; Class 3 noun prefix
2Proto-Bantugʊ́-mʊ̀-—
Every word from Proto-Bantu gʊ́-mʊ̀- →Every word from Xhosa um- →