Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mbɪ̀gá

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

Noun

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pot

Descendants

From mbɪ̀gá:

Bondei (G24): wiga
Luganda (J15): ebbiga
Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): urubiga (“edge of a container”)
Sukuma (F31): lubiga

From mbɪ̀já:

Duala (A24): mbeá (“small saucepan”)
Ewondo (A72): mvě
Chichewa (N31): mbiya
Shona (S10): mbiya
Swahili (G42): bia, kibia
Southern Bantu:
- Chopi (S61): mbia
- Nguni:
  - Swazi (S43): sitja
  - Xhosa (S41): isitya
  - Zulu (S42): isitsha
- Sotho-Tswana (diminutive):
  - Northern Sotho (S32): sebjana
  - Sotho (S33): sejana
  - Tswana (S31): sejana
- Tsonga (S53): xibye, xibya
- Venda (S20): mbia, mbiana

References

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[1] Entry 197 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[2] Reflexes of *mbɪ̀gá at the Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary Database