< Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu
Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ncímbá
Proto-Bantu
Noun
*ncímbá class 9 (plural *ncímbá class 10)[1]
- any of various wild felines or similar, including:
- wildcat
- lion
- leopard
- civet
- genet
Descendants
- Northeast Bantu:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
- Swahili: simba (“lion”)
- Takama:
- Nyamwezi: nshimba
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
- Umbundu: simbe
- Southern Bantu:
- Nguni: *ínsímbá (“genet”)
- Swazi: ínsimba
- Zulu: ínsîmba
- Venda: tsimba
- Nguni: *ínsímbá (“genet”)
References
- Entry 613 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3