Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngòìnà

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

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

crocodile

Descendants

Duala (A24): ngando
Central-Western Bantu:
- West-Coastal Bantu
  - Teke-Tyee (B73d): ngaana
  - Kongo (H16): ngando
- Njila
  - Umbundu (R11): ongandu
  - Ndonga (R22): ongadu
Nyasa:
- Chichewa (N31): ng'ona
- Tumbuka (N21): ng'wina
Northeast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ingona
  - Kuria (J43): ɛɛŋɔina
  - Nyoro (J11): gonya
  - Luganda (J15): eggoonya
  - Gwere (J17): ngoona
  - Nyole (Uganda) (J35): egoona
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Swahili (G42): ngwena
Shona (S10): ngwena
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni: *íngwenya
  - Northern Ndebele: ingwenya
  - Swazi: íngwenya
  - Xhosa: íngwenya
  - Zulu: íngwenya
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): kwena
  - Sotho (S33): kwena/koena
  - Tswana (S31): kwena
  - Lozi (K21): kwena
- Tswa-Ronga:
  - Tsonga (S53): ngwenya
- Venda (S20): ngweṋa

References

^ Entry 7157 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 7157 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngòìnà

Proto-Bantu

Noun

Descendants

References

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia