Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngòì

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngòì

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

*ngòì class 9 (plural *ngòì class 10)[1]

1. leopard

Descendants

• Great Lakes Bantu:
  • Luhya: ingwe
  • Rwanda-Rundi: ingwe
• Bangi–Ntomba:
  • Lingala: ngɔi, nkɔi
• Kongo:
  • Kikongo: ngo
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni: *íngwe
    • Northern Ndebele: ingwe
    • Phuthi: ígwe
    • Swazi: íngwe
    • Xhosa: íngwe
    • Zulu: íngwe
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho: nkwe
    • Sotho: nkwe
    • Tswana: nkwê
  • Venda: nngwe

References

1. Entry 7154 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3