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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/nkʊ́ndè
Proto-Bantu
Noun
*nkʊ́ndè class 9 (plural *nkʊ́ndè class 10)[1]
- cowpea, Vigna unguiculata
Usage notes
Some references gloss this word as "bean" (Phaseolus), but that plant is native to the Americas and was introduced later than Proto-Bantu times.
Descendants
- Herero (R30): ekunde
- Luyana (K31): likunde
- Swahili (G42): kunde
- Tumbuka (N21): nkhunde
- Zigula (H21): nkhunde
References
- Entry 2048 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
- Bostoen, Koen (2014), "Wild trees in the subsistence economy of early Bantu speech communities: a historical-linguistic approach", in Dorian Q. Fuller and Mary Anne Murray (eds.), African Flora, Past Cultures and Archaeobotany. Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop for African Archaeobotany, London, 3–5 July, 2006 (Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press), 129–140.