Where does “bhenywa” come from?

bhenywa (Zulu) comes from Zulu -wa, from Proto-Bantu -ʊa.

bhenywa (Zulu): to be smoked of tobacco

Definitions

  1. to be smoked of tobacco

Ancestry of “bhenywa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zulu-waForms passive verbs
2Proto-Bantu-ʊa—
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ʊa →Every word from Zulu -wa →