Etymology

isibongo

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Today it means: A complimentary metonym used to describe members of a Zulu clan. Full definition →

Zulu isíbongo ← Proto-Bantu *kɪ́-kɪ̀-
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The story

  1. Proto-Bantu*kɪ́-
  2. Proto-Bantu*kɪ̀-
  3. Proto-Bantu*kɪ́-kɪ̀-
  4. Zuluísi-
  5. Zuluisíbongo
  6. English todayisibongo

Borrowed from Zulu isíbongo.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.