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Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́-.
Prefix
bu-
- it; class 14 subject concord.
- it; class 14 object concord.
Oroqen
Verb
bu-
- to die
Phuthi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́-bʊ̀-.
Prefix
bu-
- Class 14 noun prefix.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́-.
Prefix
bu-
- it; class 14 subject concord.
- it; class 14 object concord.
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́-.
Prefix
bu-
- it; class 14 subject concord.
- it; class 14 object concord.
Swazi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́-bʊ̀-.
Prefix
bu-
- Class 14 noun prefix.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́-.
Prefix
bu-
- it; class 14 subject concord.
- it; class 14 object concord.
Tooro
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
bu-
- class 14 pronominal concord
- bu- + -nu (“this, these”) → bunu (“this, these (class 14)”)
- it, they; class 14 subject concord
- bu- + -kora (“to do”) → bukora (“it (class 14) does, they (class 14 do”)
- positive imperative form of -bu- (“it, them; class 14 object concord”)
- bu- + -ha (“to give”) → buha (“give it (class 14), give them (class 14)”)
See also
References
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 414
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́-.
Prefix
bu-
- it; class 14 subject concord.
- it; class 14 object concord.
Zulu
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀-.
Prefix
bu-
- Class 14 simple noun prefix.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́-.
Prefix
bú-
- it; class 14 subject concord.
- it; class 14 object concord.