Synchronic Nguni morphology; no sound change is asserted between the whole and the human stem.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0310compound componentestablished
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ubuntu
humanity; goodness
OPEN NODE 317 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedisiZulu · Modern isiZulu · human stem-ntu
human; person stem
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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The -ntu stem contributes the human or person semantic core.
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Dictionary of South African English Editors · Praeg and Magadla
established — Both sources identify the human stem.
reviewed
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Ubuntu, nounOrigin — noun stem -ntu used for human-related words
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Directly supports the human-stem analysis.
Ubuntu: Curating the ArchiveIntroduction — -ntu human stem
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently supports the human-stem analysis.
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