Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/nkúdù

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/nkúdù

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

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

1. reptile
2. tortoise

Descendants

• Duala: wúdu, wúru
• Ndonga: onkili
• Nzadi: ŋkul
• Nyanja:
  • Chichewa: fulu
  • Tumbuka: fulu
• Southern Bantu
  • Nguni:
    • Northern Ndebele: ufudu
    • Southern Ndebele: ikghuru
    • Swazi: lufudvu
    • Xhosa: ufudo
    • Zulu: ufudu
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho: khudu
    • Sotho: kgudu
    • Tswana: khudu
  • Tsonga: mfutsu

References

1. Entry 2110 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3