Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mbʊ́dì

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mbʊ́dì

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

Noun

*mbʊ́dì class 9 (plural *mbʊ́dì class 10)[1]

1. goat

Descendants

• Northeast Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili: mbuzi
    • Mwani: mbuzi
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Luganda: embuzi
  • Thagiicu:
    • Kikuyu: mburi

• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa: mbuzi

• Sabi:
  • Bemba: mbushi
  • Tumbuka: mbuzi

• Sawabantu:
  • Duala: mbódi

• Shona
  • Shona: mbudzi

• Southern Bantu:
  • Makhuwa: epuri
  • Nguni:
    • Phuthi: íbhûtî́
    • Swazi: ímbûti
    • Xhosa: imbuzi
    • Zulu: ímbûzi
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho: pudi
    • Sotho: podi
    • Tswana: podi
  • Tsonga: mbuti
  • Venda: mbudzi

References

1. Entry 303 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3