Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀kádí

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀kádí

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

*mʊ̀kádí class 1 (plural *bàkádí class 2)[1]

1. woman
2. wife

Descendants

• Bangi-Ntomba:
  • Lingala: mwasi
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Luganda: omukazi
    • Nyankole: omukazi
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Ngazidja Comorian: mzaɗe
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa: mkazi
• Shona: mukadzi
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Swazi: -kati
    • Xhosa: -kazi
    • Zulu: -kazi
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho: mosadi
    • Sotho: mosadi
    • Tswana: mosadi
• Southwest Bantu:
  • Herero: omukazendu

From the collapsed form *mʊ̀káí ~ *mʊ̀ké in Northeast Coast Bantu:

• Chimwiini: muke
• Mwani: muka
• Swahili: mke, -ke

References

1. Entry 1674 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3