Where does “ubuhleli” come from?

ubuhleli (Zulu) comes from Zulu umhleli, from Zulu -i, from Proto-Bantu -ì — Forms agent nouns from verbs.

ubuhleli (Zulu): editorship

Definitions

  1. editorship

Ancestry of “ubuhleli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zuluumhlelieditor
2Zulu-iForms agent nouns from verbs
3Proto-Bantu-ìForms agent nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ì →Every word from Zulu -i →Every word from Zulu umhleli →
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