Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njàdà

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njàdà

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

*njàdà class 9[1]

1. hunger, famine

Descendants

• Northeastern Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Rwanda-Rundi: inzara
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili: njaa
• Bemba: nsala
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa: njala
  • Tumbuka: njala
• Lingala: nzála
• Nzadi: ndzaa
• Ruwund: nzal
• Shona: nzara
• Southern Bantu:
  • Makhuwa: etala
  • Nguni: *índlala
    • Xhosa: indlala
    • Zulu: índlala
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho: tlala
    • Sotho: tlala
    • Tswana: tlala
  • Tsonga: ndlala
  • Venda: nḓala

References

1. Entry 1555 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3