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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njògù
Proto-Bantu
Noun
*njògù class 9 (plural *njògù class 10)[1]
- elephant
Descendants
- Northeastern Bantu:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
- Swahili: ndovu / ndofu
- Ngazidja Comorian: nɗovu
- Great Lakes Bantu:
- Luganda: enjovu
- Rwanda-Rundi: inzovu
- Gwere: nzogi
- Havu: njovu
- Luhya: enjofu
- Thagiicu:
- Kikuyu: njogu
- Kamba: nzou
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
- Nyasa:
- Chichewa: njovu
- Tumbuka: zovu
- Bafia: zoʔ
- Basaa: njɔk
- Duala: njɔu
- Kol (Cameroon): ncùg
- Kongo: nzau
- Lingala: nzɔku
- Nzadi: ndzɔɔ
- Mbesa: sɔku
- Shona: nzou
- Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
- Northern Ndebele: indlovu
- Swazi: indlovu
- Xhosa: indlovu
- Zulu: indlovu
- Sotho-Tswana:
- Northern Sotho: tlou
- Sotho: tlou
- Tswana: tlou
- Venda: nḓou
- Tswa-Ronga:
- Tsonga: ndlopfu
- Nguni:
References
- Entry 1607 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3