Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngòì

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

Compare with Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-kʊ̃̀, Khana kuè, Igbo agụ, Westermann proposes the root ultimately comes from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-gui-.

Noun

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

leopard

Descendants

Bakaka (A15C): ŋgɔ
Northwest Bantu
- Sawabantu
  - Duala (A24): ngiô
Central-Western Bantu
- Bangi–Ntomba:
  - Lingala (C30B): ngɔi, nkɔi
- West Coastal Bantu
  - Kongo (H16): ngo
- Njila
  - Umbundu (R11): ongue
  - Kimbundu (H21): ingo
East Bantu
- Northeast Savanna Bantu
  - Great Lakes Bantu:
    - Luganda (J15): engo
    - Nyoro (J11): engo
    - Tooro (J12): engo
    - Luhya (J32): ingwe
    - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ingwe
    - Nyole (Uganda) (J35): engwe
    - Ikizu (J402): engwe
    - Kabwa (J405): engwe
  - Thagiicu
    - Kamba (E55): ggo
    - Kikuyu (E51): ngarĩ
- Shona (S10): ingwe
- Southern Bantu
  - Nguni-Tsonga
    - Tsonga (S53): yingwe
    - Proto-Nguni: *íngwe
      - Northern Ndebele: ingwe
      - Phuthi: ígwe
      - Swazi: íngwe
      - Xhosa: íngwe
      - Zulu: íngwe
  - Sotho-Tswana-Venda
    - Northern Sotho (S32): nkwe
    - Sotho (S33): nkwe
    - Tswana (S31): nkwê
    - Venda (S20): nngwe

References

^ Entry 7154 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 7154 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngòì

Proto-Bantu

Etymology

Noun

Descendants

References

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia