Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mbɪ̀gá
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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
*mbɪ̀gá class 9 (plural *mbɪ̀gá class 10)
Descendants
From mbɪ̀gá:
- Bondei (G24): wiga
- Luganda (J15): ebbiga
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): urubiga (“edge of a container”)
- Sukuma (F31): lubiga
From mbɪ̀já:
- Duala (A24): mbeá (“small saucepan”)
- Ewondo (A72): mvě
- Chichewa (N31): mbiya
- Shona (S10): mbiya
- Swahili (G42): bia, kibia
- Southern Bantu: