Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kɪ̀gànjà

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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

*kɪ̀gànjà class 7 (plural *bìgànjà class 8)^[1]

palm of hand

Descendants

Northeast Bantu:
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ikiganza
- Kabwa (J405): ekisaanyi
- Swahili (G42): kiganja
- Tooro (J12): ekiganja
Nyanja:
- Chichewa (N31): dzanja
Shona (S10): chanza
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Lala (South Africa) (S406): sandla
  - Northern Ndebele (S44): isandla
  - Phuthi (S404): sadla
  - Swazi (S43): sandla
  - Xhosa (S41): isandla
  - Zulu (S42): isandla
- Tsonga (S53): xandla
- Venda (S20): tshanḓa

References

^ Entry 1329 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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