Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njíkɪ̀

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

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

bee

Related terms

*bʊ̀jíkɪ̀ (“honey”)

Descendants

Kongo (H16): nyosi
Bemba (M42): buci
Bwisi (B401): luyoki
Luban
- Kaonde (L41): injuki
Njila
- Herero (R30): onyuitkhi
- Umbundu (R11): nyihi
Northeast Bantu:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Mwani (G403): nyuki
  - Swahili (G42): nyuki
  - Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): nyoshi
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Luganda (J15): enjuki
  - Nyoro (J11): enjoki
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): uruyuki
  - Ikizu (J402): ɨnzʉki
  - Nyole (Uganda) (J35): enjuhi
  - Gwere (J17): nzoki
  - Kabwa (J405): enjuki
- Thagiicu:
  - Kikuyu (E51): njũkĩ
- Nyamwezi (F22): nzuki
Northwest Bantu:
- Lingala (C30B): nzói
- Nzadi (B865): nwi
Nyasa:
- Chichewa (N31): njuchi
- Tumbuka (N21): njuci
Shona (S10): nyuchi
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni: *ínyósí
  - Northern Ndebele: inyosi
  - Phuthi: ínyósí
  - Swazi: ínyôsi
  - Xhosa: ínyôsi
  - Zulu: ínyôsi
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): nose
  - Sotho (S33): notshi
  - Tswana (S31): notshi
- Tswa-Ronga:
  - Tsonga (S53): nyoxi
- Venda (S20): ṋotshi

References

^ Entry 3350 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 3350 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njíkɪ̀

Proto-Bantu

Noun

Related terms

Descendants

References

Wikious

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