< Reconstruction:Proto-Nguni
Reconstruction:Proto-Nguni/ímvú
Proto-Nguni
Etymology
From an earlier *-gú borrowed from a Khoe language.
Noun
*ímvú class 9
- sheep
Descendants
- Phuthi: ívú
- Swazi: îmvú
- Xhosa: ímvú
- Zulu: îmvú
References
- Ehret, Christopher (2008), “The early livestock-raisers of southern Africa”, in Southern African Humanities, volume 20, pages 7–35