Where does “gbona” come from?

gbona (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba iná, from Proto-Bantu ì- — Class 5 noun prefix.

gbona (Yoruba): to be hot or heated (in temperature)

Definitions

  1. to be hot or heated (in temperature)

Ancestry of “gbona”, step by step

gbona traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba iná

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaináfire, light
2Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

via Yoruba gbó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubagbó
Every word from Proto-Bantu ì-