Where does “uncumo” come from?

uncumo (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa u-, from Proto-Bantu ʊ́- — Class 1 subject concord.

uncumo (Xhosa): smile

Definitions

  1. smile

Ancestry of “uncumo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosau-you, thou; second-person singular subject...
2Proto-Bantuʊ́-Class 1 subject concord
Every word from Proto-Bantu ʊ́- →Every word from Xhosa u- →
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