Where does “imfolozi” come from?

imfolozi (Zulu) comes from Zulu in-, from Proto-Bantu *[[jɪ̀-]][[ǹ-]].

imfolozi (Zulu): zigzag pattern

Definitions

  1. zigzag pattern

Ancestry of “imfolozi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zuluin-Class 9 noun prefix
2Proto-Bantu*[[jɪ̀-]][[ǹ-]]
Every word from Proto-Bantu *[[jɪ̀-]][[ǹ-]]Every word from Zulu in-
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