Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njókà

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njókà

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

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

1. snake
2. intestinal worm

Descendants

• Northeastern Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili: nyoka (“snake”)
    • Mwani: nyoka (“snake”)
  • Thagiicu:
    • Kikuyu: nyoka (“snake”)
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Rwanda-Rundi: inzoka (“snake, worm”)
  • Takama:
    • Nyamwezi: nzoka

• Bemba: nsoka
• Chichewa: njoka (“snake, worm”)
• Herero: onyoka (“snake”)
• Umbundu: nyoka (“snake”)
• Luba-Kasai: nyoka
• Shona: nyoka (“snake”)

• Southern Bantu:
  • Makhuwa: enowa (“snake”)
  • Nguni:
    • Northern Ndebele: inyoka (“snake”)
    • Phuthi: inyoka (“snake”)
    • Swazi: inyoka (“snake”)
    • Xhosa: inyoka (“snake”)
    • Zulu: inyoka (“snake”)
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho: noga (“snake”)
    • Sotho: noha (“snake”)
    • Tswana: nôga (“snake”)
  • Tsonga: nyoka (“snake”)
  • Venda: ṋowa (“snake”)

References

1. Entry 3536 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3