Bantu languages. *<span class="searchmatch">ngòmbè</span> class 9 (plural *<span class="searchmatch">ngòmbè</span> class 10) cow/ox, cattle (irrespective of sex) Central Western <span class="searchmatch">Bantu</span>: Southwest <span class="searchmatch">Bantu</span>: Herero (R30): ongombe...
liziba (“pond”) <span class="searchmatch">Ngombe</span> (Congo) (C41): madíbá (“water”) Boma-Dzing: Nzadi (B865): iziba (“lake”) Shona (S10): dziva (“pond”) Southern <span class="searchmatch">Bantu</span>: (shifted to class...
ashes to bake" appears mainly in Eastern <span class="searchmatch">Bantu</span>, and may not be reconstructable to the level of <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Bantu</span>. It often loses its impositive sense and replaces...