Etymology

izimbongi

iz·im·bon·gi
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Zulu izimbongi
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The story

  1. Zuluízim-
  2. Zuluin-
  3. Zuluímbongi
  4. Zuluizimbongi
  5. English todayizimbongi

Borrowed from Zulu izimbongi, from izim- (“class 10 noun prefix”) + imbongi.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.