Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/júmà

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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

Noun

*júmà class 11 (plural *njúmà class 10)^[1]

thing, bead, iron

Descendants

Great Lakes Bantu:
- Luganda (J15): kyuma (“iron”)
- Nyankole (J13): ekyôma (“iron”)
- Haya (J22): ekyôma (“iron”)
- Nande (J42): ékyüma (“iron”)
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): icyuma (“iron, knife”)

References

^ Entry 3619 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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