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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìdìbà

This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Bantu

Noun

*ìdìbà class 5 (plural *màdìbà class 6) [1]

  1. pond or lake

Descendants
  • Bankon: malew (“water”)
  • Basaa: malép (“water”)
  • Chichewa: dziwe (“pond”)
  • Kikuyu: iria (“lake, pond”)
  • Lingala: líziba (“pond”)
  • Nzadi: iziba (“lake”)
  • Rwanda-Rundi: iriba (“well”)
  • Shona: dziva (“pond”)
  • Swahili: ziwa (“lake”)
  • Southern Bantu: (shifted to class 7)
  • Southwest Bantu:
    • Herero: omeva (“water”)
    • Umbundu: ovava (“water”)

References
  1. Entry 1025 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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