Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njíkɪ̀

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

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

bee

Related terms

*bʊ̀jíkɪ̀ (“honey”)

Descendants

Central Bantu:
- Bemba: buci
- Herero: onyuitkhi
- Kaonde: injuki
- Umbundu: nyihi
Northeast Bantu:
- Kikuyu: njuki
- Luganda: enjuki
- Mwani: nyuki
- Nyamwezi: nzuki
- Swahili: nyuki
- Ngazidja Comorian: nyoshi
- Kinyarwanda: uruyuki
Northwest Bantu:
- Lingala: nzoi
Nyasa:
- Chichewa: njuchi
- Tumbuka: njuci
Shona: nyuchi
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni: *ínyósí
  - Northern Ndebele: inyosi
  - Phuthi: ínyósí
  - Swazi: ínyôsi
  - Xhosa: ínyôsi
  - Zulu: ínyôsi
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho: nose
  - Sotho: notshi
  - Tswana: notshi
- Venda: ṋotshi

References

Entry 3350 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 3350 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3