Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìbʊ̀è

This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Etymology

Possible cognate in Akan ɛboɔ (“stone”)

Noun

*ìbʊ̀è class 5 (plural *màbʊ̀è class 6)

stone

Descendants

Njila
- Herero (R30): ewe
- Umbundu (R11): ewe
Bemba (M42): ibwe
Northeast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ibuye
  - Nande (J42): eribwë
  - Jita (J25): libui
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Swahili (G42): jiwe
Shona (S10): ibwe
Tumbuka (N21): liwe
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Lala (South Africa) (S406): litshe
  - Northern Ndebele (S44): ilitshe
  - Swazi (S43): litje
  - Xhosa (S41): ilitye
  - Zulu (S42): itshe
- Venda (S20): ive
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Sotho (S33): lejwe
    - → Phuthi: lijwe

References

^ Entry 285 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 285 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìbʊ̀è

Contents

Proto-Bantu

Etymology

Noun

Descendants

References

Wikious

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