Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀dɪ̀àngò

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀dɪ̀àngò

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

Verb

*mʊ̀dɪ̀àngò class 3 (plural *mɪ̀dɪ̀àngò class 4)[1]

1. (Common Bantu) door

Usage notes

This term is shared between many Bantu languages, but a single form cannot be formally reconstructed to the level of Proto-Bantu because of historical or linguistic considerations. This form is absent from northwestern Bantu languages, which represent the earliest branches to diverge.

Descendants

From *mʊ̀dɪ̀àngò:

• Great Lakes Bantu:
  • Luganda: omulyango
  • Rwanda-Rundi: umuryango
• Southern Bantu:
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho: mojako
    • Sotho: monyako
    • Tswana: mojakô

From *mʊ̀dàngò:

• Northeastern Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili: mlango
    • Maore Comorian: mulango
    • Ngazidja Comorian: mlango ~ mwango

From *mʊ̀ɲàngò:

• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Southern Ndebele: umnyango
    • Swazi: umnyango
    • Xhosa: umnyango
    • Zulu: umnyango
  • Venda: muṋango

References

1. Entry 947 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3