Where does “uLwezi” come from?
uLwezi (Zulu) comes from Zulu ulwezi, from Zulu u-, from Proto-Bantu ʊ́- — Class 1 subject concord.
uLwezi (Zulu): November; the fourth month of the Zulu lunar...
Definitions
- November; the fourth month of the Zulu lunar...
Ancestry of “uLwezi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Zulu | ulwezi | a species of froghopper; cicada grubs |
| 2 | Zulu | u- | you, thou; second-person singular subject... |
| 3 | Proto-Bantu | ʊ́- | Class 1 subject concord |