Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njàdà

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

*njàdà class 9^[1]

hunger, famine

Descendants

Northeastern Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Luganda (J15): enjala
  - Nyoro (J11): enjara
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): inzara
  - Kabwa (J405): enjara
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): ndzaya
  - Swahili (G42): njaa
Bemba (M42): nsala
Nyasa:
- Chichewa (N31): njala
- Tumbuka (N21): njala
Lingala (C30B): nzala
Nzadi (B865): ndzaa
Ruwund (L53): nzal
Shona (S10): nzara
Southern Bantu:
- Makhuwa (P31): etala
- Proto-Nguni (): *índlala
  - Xhosa (S41): indlala
  - Zulu (S42): índlala
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): tlala
  - Sotho (S33): tlala
  - Tswana (S31): tlala
- Tsonga (S53): ndlala
- Venda (S20): nḓala

References

^ Entry 1555 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 1555 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njàdà

Proto-Bantu

Noun

Descendants

References

Wikious

Boobota

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