Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kànʊ̀à
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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
Etymology
Cognates outside Bantu include Efik *inwa (“mouth”), Ibibio *inua (“mouth”), Tiv zwa (“mouth”) and Okobo *inwè (“mouth”).
Noun
*kànʊ̀à class 12 (plural *tʊ̀nʊ̀à class 13)[1]
Descendants
- Proto-Jarawan: *kunu
- Jarawan
- Lame (): kunu
- Mbula-Bwazza (): kunnu
- Jarawan
- Herero (R30): omuna (“lip”)
- Kuria (J43): umunywa (“lip”)
- Gweno (E65): nyu
- Basaa (A43a): nyo (“mouth”)
- Chichewa (N31): kamwa
- Bemba (M42): kanwa (“mouth”)
- Kikuyu (E51): kanua
- Luganda (J15): akamwa (“mouth”), omunwa (“lip”)
- Tooro (J12): akanwa (“mouth”), omunwa (“lip”)
- Ruwund (L53): kan (“mouth”)
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): akanwa, umunwa
- Shona (S10): mukanwa
- Duma (B51): nwà (“mouth”)