Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/nɲàmà

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

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

animal
meat

Descendants

Northeastern Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Rwanda-Rundi: inyama
  - Luganda: ennyama
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Swahili: nyama, mnyama

Chichewa: nyama
Lingala: nyama
Ruwund: nnam

Shona: nyama

Southern Bantu:
- Makhuwa: enama
- Nguni:
  - Northern Ndebele: inyama
  - Phuthi: ínyama
  - Swazi: ínyama
  - Xhosa: ínyama
  - Zulu: ínyama
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho: nama
  - Sotho: nama
  - Tswana: nama
- Tsonga: nyama
- Venda: ṋama

References

Entry 3180 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 3180 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3