Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀kádí

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.

Cognates outside Bantu include Tiv kwase (“woman”), Bitare okasə (“woman”), Ndoe mìŋ-kánì (“woman”), Nde-Nsele-Nta màŋ-kaa̍ (“woman”)

*mʊ̀kádí class 1 (plural *bàkádí class 2)^[1]

1. woman
2. wife

• Akoose (A15C): mmwaád
• Bwisi (B401): mukali̱
• Nzebi:
  • Teke-Tyee (B73d): mukaha
• Bangi-Ntomba:
  • Lingala (C30B): mwasi
• Makaa-Njem
  • Swo (A82): moda
• Ngondi-Ngiri:
  • Bongili (C15): mwato
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Luganda (J15): omukazi
    • Tooro (J12): omukazi
    • Nyoro (J11): omukazi
    • Nyankole (J13): omukazi
    • Nande (J42): omúkali
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): muka (“wife of”)
    • Ikizu (J402): ʉmʉkari
    • Gwere (J17): mukali
    • Gungu (J101): mu̱kali̱
    • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): omuhyala
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): mzaɗe
• Bemba (M42): umwanakashi (second element)
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): mkazi
• Shona:
  • Shona (S10): mukadzi
  • Nambya (S16B): unhukaji

• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Swazi (S43): -kati
    • Xhosa (S41): -kazi
    • Zulu (S42): -kazi
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): mosadi
    • Sotho (S33): mosadi
    • Tswana (S31): mosadi
  • Makua:
    • Lomwe (P32): muthiyana, mwaara
    • Takwane (P31C): mwihiyana
• Luba-Katanga (L33): mukaji (“wife”)
• Njila:
  • Herero (R30): omukazendu
  • Kimbundu (H21): mukaji (“female”)
  • Umbundu (R11): ukãi

From the collapsed form *mʊ̀káí ~ *mʊ̀ké in Northeast Coast Bantu:

• Chimwiini (G412): muke
• Mwani (G403): muka
• Swahili (G42): mke, -ke