Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njátɪ́

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

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

buffalo
Synonym: *mbògó

Descendants

Bakaka (A15C): nyǎd
Duala (A24): ñáti
Lingala (C30B): nzálé
Northeastern Bantu:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Swahili (G42): nyati
Nyasa:
- Chichewa (N31): njati
- Tumbuka (N21): njati
- Kunda (N42): nyati
Shona:
- Shona (S10): nyati
- Nambya (S16B): inyati
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Tekela:
    - Swazi (S43): inyatsi
  - Zunda:
    - Northern Ndebele (S44): inyathi
    - Xhosa (S41): inyathi
    - Zulu (S42): inyathi
- Makua:
  - Takwane (P31C): nyari
  - Lomwe (P32): enari
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): nare
  - Sotho (S33): nare
  - Tswana (S31): nare
- Tswa-Ronga:
  - Tsonga (S53): nyarhi
- Venda (S20): ṋari

References

Entry 1569 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 1569 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3