Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-kádanga

This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

One of the variants may be derived from the other, or else they may not be related, with *-kádanga being an extension of *-káda, and taking on the specific meaning "fry". Both variants have apparent cognates in wider Niger-Congo, for example Ibibio káŋ (“roast, fry”) and Berom halaŋ (“roast”).

Noun

*-kádanga (infinitive *kʊ̀kádanga)[1]

fry, roast

Descendants

From -kádanga:

Bende: -kalanga
Dawida Taita: -kanga
Hehe: -kalanga
Lingala: -kálanga
Mongo: -kálanga
Ngindo: -kalanga
Nyambo: -karanga
Nzadi: -kaliŋ
Rwanda-Rundi: -karanga
Sukuma: -kalanga
Swahili: -kaanga

From -kánga:

Bemba: -kanga (“dry by the fire”)
Chokwe: -kanga
Ding: kaŋ
Lingala: -kánga
Luba-Kasai: -kanga
Shona: -kanga
Yaka: -kángá

References

Entry 1665 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

Bostoen, Koen (2001), "Osculance in Bantu reconstructions: A case study of the pair °–kádang-/°-káng- (’fry’, ’roast’) and its historical implications." Studies in African Linguistics 30: 121–146.

[1] Entry 1665 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3