uluŵa

Yao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀dʊ̀bà (“flower - zone P”).

Noun

uluŵa class 14 (plural maluŵa)

  1. flower

Notes

The earliest missionaries record this noun as being in class 14. At some point after 1922, the class shifted from class 14 to class 5, and now belongs to class 5 as liluŵa.

References

  • Pedro Dupeyron, Pequeno vademecum da lingua bantu na Provincia de Moçambique, 1880 - page 147
  • Alexander Hetherwick, Introductory Handbook of the Yao Language, 1889 - page 270
  • Meredith Sanderson, A Yao Grammar, 1922 - page 184
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