Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìkʊ́mì

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 outside Bantu in Proto-Grassfields *gÚm`

Noun

cardinal number
10	Previous:	*-táànò
10	Next:	n/a

*ìkʊ́mì class 5 (plural *màkʊ́mì class 6)^[1]

ten

Descendants

Proto-Jarawan: *lum
Kongo (H16): kùumi
Northeastern Bantu:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Swahili (G42): kumi
- Thagiicu:
  - Kamba (E55): ikumi
  - Kikuyu (E51): ikũmi
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Luganda (J15): kkumi
  - Nyoro (J11): ikumi
  - Tooro (J12): ikumi
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): icumi
  - Nyankole (J13): ikúmi
  - Haya (J22): eikûmi
  - Gusii (J42): ikomi
  - Nande (J42): erikümi
Luba-Kasai (L31): dikumi

Kimbundu (H21): kuinhi
Mbunda (K15): likumi

Nyasa:
- Chichewa (N31): khumi

Shona (S10): gumi
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Southern Ndebele (S407): itjhumi
  - Swazi (S43): lishumi
  - Xhosa (S41): shumi
  - Zulu (S42): ishumi
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): lesome
  - Sotho (S33): leshome
    - → Phuthi: lishume
  - Tswana (S31): lesomê
- Tswa-Ronga:
  - Tsonga (S53): khume

References

^ Entry 2027 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 2027 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìkʊ́mì

Proto-Bantu

Etymology

Noun

Descendants

References

Wikious

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