Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀jánà

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀jánà

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

*mʊ̀jánà class 1 (plural *bàjánà class 2)[1]

1. child

Descendants

From mʊ̀jánà:

• Ngondi-Ngiri:
  • Mbati (C13): wana
  • Aka (Central Africa) (C104): mɔna
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Kikuyu (E51): mwana
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili (G42): mwana
    • Mwani (G403): mwana
    • Maore Comorian (G44D): mwana
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Luganda (J15): omwana
    • Nyankole (J13): omwana
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): umwana
    • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): omwana
    • Ikizu (J402): umwana
    • Gwere (J17): mwana
    • Gungu (J101): mwana
    • Kabwa (J405): omwana
  • Takama
    • Sukuma (F31): ng'wana
• Bemba (M42): umwana
• Kongo (H16): muana
• Basaa (A43a): man
• Lingala (C30B): mwǎna
• Bwisi (B401): mwana
• Nzadi (B865): mwaan
• Ruwund (L53): mwaan
• Shona (S10): mwana
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): mwana
  • Tumbuka (N21): mwana
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Phuthi (S404): -ana
    • Southern Ndebele (S407): -ana
    • Swazi (S43): -ana
    • Xhosa (S41): unyana (“son”), -ana
    • Zulu (S42): -ana
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): ngwana
    • Sotho (S33): ngwana
    • Tswana (S31): ngwana
  • Tsonga (S53): n'wana
  • Venda (S20): ṅwana

From mʊ̀ná:

• Duala (A24): múna
• Mbam-Bube-Jarawan
  • Proto-Jarawan: *muna
    • Jarawan
      • Mbula-Bwazza (): mùná/àmúná
      • Lame (): munu

References

1. Entry 3203 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3