Where does “umabelo” come from?
umabelo (Zulu) comes from Zulu abela, from French -là, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll — ox; aleph; alef.
umabelo (Zulu): share in a wedding gift or estate
Definitions
- share in a wedding gift or estate
Ancestry of “umabelo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Zulu | abela | to apportion to, to distribute among; to award to |
| 2 | French | -là | that |
| 3 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 4 | Italian | là | there |
| 5 | Spanish | la | the; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,... |
| 6 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 7 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 8 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 9 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 10 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 11 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 12 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 13 | Latin | A | — |
| 14 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | — |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 16 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |