Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ncímbá

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.

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Proto-Bantu

Noun

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

any of various wild felines or similar, including:
1. wildcat
2. lion
3. leopard
4. civet
5. genet

Descendants

Central Western Bantu
- West coastal Bantu
  - Kongo (H16): simba (“lion”)
- Njila
  - Umbundu (R11): simbe
East Bantu
- Northeast Bantu:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Swahili (G42): simba (“lion”)
  - Sukuma-Nyamwezi:
    - Sukuma (F31): shimba (“lion”)
    - Nyamwezi (F22): nshimba (“lion”)
  - Great Lakes Bantu
    - Nande (J42): eyisimba (“lion”)
- Shona:
  - Shona (S10): simba (“genet”)
  - Nambya (S16B): ishumba (“lion”)
- Southern Bantu:
  - Nguni:
    - Swazi (S43): ínsimba
    - Zulu (S42): ínsîmba
  - Venda (S20): tsimba

References

Entry 613 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 613 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3