Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-ɲóa

This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Etymology

Cognates outside of Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *nú(a) (“drink”).

Verb

*-ɲóa (infinitive *kʊ̀ɲóa)[1]

to drink

Descendants

Lega-Shabunda (D251): -nwá
Nzadi (B865): nɔ́
Tunen (A44): nyá
Northeast Bantu
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Luganda (J15): -nywa
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -nywa
- Northeast Coast Bantu
  - Swahili (G42): -nywa
Nyasa:
- Chichewa (N31): -mwa
- Tumbuka (N21): -mwa
Shona:
- Shona (S10): -nwa (Zezuru)
- Shona (S10): -mwa (Karanga, Manyika)
- Shona (S10): -n'wa (Korekore)
Sotho-Tswana:
- Northern Sotho (S32): -nwa
- Sotho (S33): -nwa / -noa
- Tswana (S31): -nwa
Tswa-Ronga:
- Tsonga (S53): -nwa
Venda (S20): nwa

References

Entry 7047 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 7047 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3