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Where does “ummi” come from?
ummi (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa um-, from Proto-Bantu gʊ́-mʊ̀-.
ummi
(Xhosa): inhabitant
Definitions
inhabitant
Ancestry of “ummi”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Xhosa
um-
Class 1 noun prefix; Class 3 noun prefix
2
Proto-Bantu
gʊ́-mʊ̀-
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Every word from Proto-Bantu gʊ́-mʊ̀- →
Every word from Xhosa um- →