Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìgèmbè

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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

Verb

*ìgèmbè class 5 (plural *màgèmbè class 6)^[1]

hoe

Descendants

From ìgèmbè:

Southern Bantu:
- Chopi (S61): didjembe, didzembe
- Nguni:
  - Xhosa (S41): izembe
  - Zulu (S42): izembe

From ìjèmbè:

Kikuyu (E51): icembe
Mwani (G403): jembe
Tumbuka (N21): jembe
Swahili (G42): jembe

From ìdembe (Tone uncertain):

Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Southern Ndebele (S407): ilembe
  - Zulu (S42): ilembe
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): selepe
  - Sotho (S33): selepe
  - Tswana (S31): selêpê

References

^ Entry 1356 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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