Where does “umbhali” come from?

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

umbhali (Xhosa): author, writer

Definitions

  1. author, writer

Ancestry of “umbhali”, 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- →