Where does “ukuhlamba” come from?

ukuhlamba (Zulu) comes from Zulu uku-, from Proto-Bantu *[[kʊ́-]][[kʊ̀-]].

ukuhlamba (Zulu): bathing

Definitions

  1. bathing

Ancestry of “ukuhlamba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zuluuku-Class 15 noun prefix; forms the infinitive of...
2Proto-Bantu*[[kʊ́-]][[kʊ̀-]]—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *[[kʊ́-]][[kʊ̀-]] →Every word from Zulu uku- →
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