Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀jákà

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀jákà

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

*mʊ̀jákà class 3 (plural *mɪ̀jákà class 4)[1]

1. year
2. growing season

Descendants

• Chichewa: chaka
• Kikuyu: mwaka
• Luganda: omwaka
• Mwani: mwaka
• Swahili: mwaka
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Zunda:
      • Xhosa: umnyaka
      • Zulu: unyaka
    • Tekela:
      • Swazi: umnyaka
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Sotho: ngwaha
    • Tswana: ngwaga

References

1. Entry 3169 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3