Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njátɪ́

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njátɪ́

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

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

1. buffalo

   Synonym: *mbògó

Descendants

• Lingala: nzálé
• Northeastern Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili: nyati
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa: njati
  • Tumbuka: njati
• Shona: nyati
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Northern Ndebele: inyathi
    • Xhosa: inyathi
    • Zulu: inyathi
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho: nare
    • Tswana: nare
  • Tsonga: nyarhi
  • Venda: ṋari

References

1. Entry 1569 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3