uku-
Bemba
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́-kʊ̀-
Prefix
uku-
- 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-
- Class 15 noun prefix.
Lala-Bisa
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kʊ́-kʊ̀-.
Prefix
uku-
- 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-
- 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-
- 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-
- 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-
- 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-
- 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-
- Class 17 noun prefix.
Usage notes
The variant form ukw- is used before stems beginning with a vowel.
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “uku-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “uku-”