Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mbʊ́à

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

*mbʊ́à class 9 (plural *mbʊ́à class 10) [1]

dog

Descendants

Great Lakes Bantu:
- Luganda: embwa
- Luhya: imbwa
- Rwanda-Rundi: imbwa
Kongo: mbwa
Lingala: mbwá
Nzadi: mbva
Northeast Coast Bantu:
- Mwani: imbwa, umbwa
- Ngazidja Comorian: mɓwa
- Swahili: mbwa
Shona: imbwa
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni: *ínjá
  - Northern Ndebele: inja
  - Phuthi: íjhá
  - Swazi: înjá
  - Xhosa: ínjá
  - Zulu: înjá
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Sotho: ntja
  - Tswana: ntša
- Tsonga: mbyana (diminutive)
- Venda: mmbwa
Southwest Bantu:
- Herero: ombwa

References

Entry 282 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 282 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3