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

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “uku-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “uku-”