Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mbʊ́dì

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 Bantu include Ibibio ebot (“goat”) and Efik ébòt (“goat”), which possibly link cognates like Yoruba ewúrẹ́ and Igbo ewu, see Proto-Yoruboid *é-ɓó

Noun

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

goat

Descendants

Proto-Jarawan: *mbuli
Ngondi-Ngiri:
Mbati (C13): ᵐbōlí
Northwest Bantu
- Sawabantu:
  - Duala (A24): mbódi
Central-Western Bantu
- Njila
  - Kimbundu (H21): mbudi (“sheep”)
- Koyo (C24): mbósì
East Bantu
- Northeast Savanna Bantu:
  - Northeast Coast Bantu:
    - Swahili (G42): mbuzi
    - Mwani (G403): mbuzi
  - Great Lakes Bantu:
    - Luganda (J15): embuzi
    - Tooro (J12): embuzi
    - Nyoro (J11): embuzi
    - Nyole (Uganda) (J35): embusi
    - Gwere (J17): mbuli
    - Gungu (J101): mbu̱li̱
    - Kabwa (J405): emburi
  - Thagiicu:
    - Kikuyu (E51): mbũri
- Nyasa:
  - Chichewa (N31): mbuzi
  - Tumbuka (N21): mbuzi
- Bemba (M42): mbushi
- Shona (S10): mbudzi
- Southern Bantu:
  - Makhuwa (P31): epuri
  - Nguni:
    - Phuthi (S404): íbhûtî́
    - Swazi (S43): ímbûti
    - Xhosa (S41): imbuzi
    - Zulu (S42): ímbûzi
  - Sotho-Tswana:
    - Northern Sotho (S32): pudi
    - Sotho (S33): podi
    - Tswana (S31): podi
  - Tsonga (S53): mbuti
  - Venda (S20): mbudzi
  - Shira:
    - Bwisi (B401): mbu̱li̱

References

Entry 303 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 303 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3