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Where does “ubuhle” come from?

ubuhle (Zulu) comes from Zulu ubu-, from Proto-Bantu *[[bʊ́-]][[bʊ̀-]].

ubuhle (Zulu): goodness, good quality; beauty, handsomeness

Definitions

  1. goodness, good quality; beauty, handsomeness

Ancestry of “ubuhle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zuluubu-Class 14 noun prefix
2Proto-Bantu*[[bʊ́-]][[bʊ̀-]]—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *[[bʊ́-]][[bʊ̀-]] →