Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/jámí

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

Noun

*jámí class 1^[1]

chief, master, king

Descendants

Central Western bantu
- Inner Basin Bantu
  - Mongo (C61): ámí (“chief”)
East Bantu
- Northeast Savanna Bantu
  - Great Lakes Bantu
    - Luganda (J15): omwaami (“owner of property, chief, master”)
      - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): umwami (“king”)
      - Luhya (J32): mwami (“master, king”)
      - Nyole (Uganda) (J35): obwami
      - Gwere (J17): mwami
      - Nande (J42): ómwami (“chief, king”)
  - Sukuma-Nyamwezi
    - Kimbu (F24): umwani
- Botatwe
  - Tonga (Zambia) (M64): mwami (“king”)

References

^ Entry 3183 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 3183 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/jámí

Contents

Proto-Bantu

Noun

Descendants

References

Wikious

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