English
abelungu
Abelungu comes from Xhosa umlungu ‘white person’, and goes back to Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀.
- Proto-Bantuprehistoric (reconstructed)*mʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀reconstructed
- Proto-Bantu, derivedprehistoric (reconstructed)*mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀reconstructedvariant of *mʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀
- Xhosamodernumlunguas ábélungu‘white person’
- Englishearliest quotation 1994abelungu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Bantuprehistoric (reconstructed)*mʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀reconstructed
- Proto-Bantu, derivedprehistoric (reconstructed)*mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀reconstructedvariant of *mʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀
- Xhosamodernumlunguas ábélungu‘white person’
- Englishearliest quotation 1994abelungu
Earliest quotation: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela: “Chief Joyi said that the African people lived in…”
Every English word from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀
Today it means
noun White people collectively.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀ / abelungu