Where does “uNhlaba” come from?

uNhlaba (Zulu) comes from Zulu u-, from Zulu ulu-, from Proto-Bantu dʊ́-dʊ̀-.

uNhlaba (Zulu): May; the eleventh month of the Zulu lunar...

Definitions

  1. May; the eleventh month of the Zulu lunar...

Ancestry of “uNhlaba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zuluu-you, thou; second-person singular subject...
2Zuluulu-Archaic form of u-
3Proto-Bantudʊ́-dʊ̀-—
Every word from Proto-Bantu dʊ́-dʊ̀- →Every word from Zulu u- →Every word from Zulu ulu- →