Where does “yakulya” come from?

yakulya (Yao (Africa)) comes from Yao (Africa) kulya, from Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀dɪ́a.

yakulya (Yao (Africa)): food

Definitions

  1. food

Ancestry of “yakulya”, step by step

yakulya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yao (Africa) kulya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yao (Africa)kulya—
2Proto-Bantu*kʊ̀dɪ́a—

via Yao (Africa) ya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yao (Africa)ya—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀dɪ́a →Every word from Yao (Africa) kulya →