Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ntʊ̀ìgà

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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

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

giraffe

Descendants

Northeast Bantu
- Northeast Coast Bantu
  - Swahili (G42): twiga
- Great Lakes Bantu
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): twiga
  - Ikizu (J402): itwiga
  - Tooro (J12): entwiga
  - Gungu (J101): ntwi̱ga
  - Kabwa (J405): entwiga
- Thagiicu
  - Kikuyu (E51): ndũiga
Nyasa
- Shona (S10): twiza

References

^ Entry 3028 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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