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Where does “ubunxele” come from?

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

ubunxele (Zulu): left-hand side, left-handed direction;...

Definitions

  1. left-hand side, left-handed direction;...

Ancestry of “ubunxele”, step by step

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