Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mbʊ́dì

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 Ibibio ebot (“goat”) and Efik ébòt (“goat”), which possibly link cognates like Yoruba ewúrẹ́ and Igbo ewu, see Proto-Yoruboid *é-ɓó

*mbʊ́dì class 9 (plural *mbʊ́dì class 10)^[1]

1. goat

• Proto-Jarawan: *mbuli
• Ngondi-Ngiri:
• Mbati (C13): ᵐbōlí
• Northwest Bantu
  • Sawabantu:
    • Duala (A24): mbódi
• Central-Western Bantu
  • Njila
    • Kimbundu (H21): mbudi (“sheep”)
  • Koyo (C24): mbósì
• East Bantu
  • Northeast Savanna Bantu:
    • Northeast Coast Bantu:
      • Swahili (G42): mbuzi
      • Mwani (G403): mbuzi
    • Great Lakes Bantu:
      • Luganda (J15): embuzi
      • Tooro (J12): embuzi
      • Nyoro (J11): embuzi
      • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): embusi
      • Gwere (J17): mbuli
      • Gungu (J101): mbu̱li̱
      • Kabwa (J405): emburi
    • Thagiicu:
      • Kikuyu (E51): mbũri
  • Nyasa:
    • Chichewa (N31): mbuzi
    • Tumbuka (N21): mbuzi
  • Bemba (M42): mbushi
  • Shona (S10): mbudzi
  • Southern Bantu:
    • Makhuwa (P31): epuri
    • Nguni:
      • Phuthi (S404): íbhûtî́
      • Swazi (S43): ímbûti
      • Xhosa (S41): imbuzi
      • Zulu (S42): ímbûzi
    • Sotho-Tswana:
      • Northern Sotho (S32): pudi
      • Sotho (S33): podi
      • Tswana (S31): podi
    • Tsonga (S53): mbuti
    • Venda (S20): mbudzi
    • Shira:
      • Bwisi (B401): mbu̱li̱