uku-

See also: uku, Uku, úku, ukũ, ūku, uku', and ūkų

Bemba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́-kʊ̀-

Prefix

uku-

  1. Class 15 noun prefix.

References

  • Reverend E. Hoch (1998), Bemba - English/English - Bemba[1], Hippocrene Books, pages 212, 213

Ikizu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́-kʊ̀-

Prefix

uku-

  1. Class 15 noun prefix.

Lala-Bisa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́-kʊ̀-.

Prefix

uku-

  1. Class 15 noun prefix.

References

  • Arthur Cornwallis Madan (1908), Lala-Lamba Handbook: A Short Introduction to the South-Western Division of the Wisa-Lala Dialect of Northern Rhodesia with Stories and Vocabulary[2], Oxford Clarendon Press, page 11

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́-kʊ̀-.

Prefix

uku-

  1. Class 15 noun prefix; forms the infinitive of verbs.

Usage notes

The variant form ukw- is used before stems beginning with a vowel.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́-kʊ̀-.

Prefix

uku-

  1. Class 15 noun prefix; forms the infinitive of verbs.

Usage notes

The variant form ukw- is used before stems beginning with a vowel.

Xhosa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́-kʊ̀-.

Prefix

uku-

  1. Class 15 noun prefix; forms the infinitive of verbs.
Usage notes

The variant form ukw- is used before stems beginning with a vowel.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́-kʊ̀-.

Prefix

uku-

  1. Class 17 noun prefix.
Usage notes

The variant form ukw- is used before stems beginning with a vowel.

Zulu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́-kʊ̀-.

Prefix

úku-

  1. Class 15 noun prefix; forms the infinitive of verbs.
Usage notes

The variant form ukw- is used before stems beginning with a vowel.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *kʊ́-kʊ̀-.

Prefix

úku-

  1. Class 17 noun prefix.
Usage notes

The variant form ukw- is used before stems beginning with a vowel.

References