Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/dúmè

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

Cognates outside Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *lúm` (“husband”)

Noun

*dúmè class 9 (plural *ndúmè class 10)[1]

husband, male

Descendants

Nzebi:
- Teke-Tyee (B73d): mulumu
Central Western Bantu
- Njila
  - Umbundu (R11): ulume (“man”)
- West Coastal Bantu
  - Nzadi (B865): olûm (“husband”)
- Luban
  - Luba-Kasai (L31): múlumé (“man”)
East bantu
- Great Lakes Bantu
  - Nande (J42): omúlüme (“man”)
Shona languages:
- Shona (S10): murume (“man”)
- Kalanga (S16A): nlume (“man”)
- Nambya (S16B): unhulume (“man”)

References

Entry 1183 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 1183 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3