Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njɪ̀dà

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

Verb

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

path

Descendants

Lingala (C30B): nzelá (irregular tones)
Kongo (H16): nzila
Chichewa (N31): njira
Northeast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): inzira
  - Kabwa (J405): enjira
Northeast Coast Bantu:
- Swahili (G42): njia
- Mwani (G403): njira
Shona (S10): nzira
Southern Bantu:
- Northern Ndebele (S44): indlela
- Phuthi (S404): idlela
- Southern Ndebele (S407): indlela
- Sumayela Ndebele (S408): ndlela
- Swazi (S43): indlela
- Venda (S20): nḓila
- Xhosa (S41): indlela
- Zulu (S42): indlela

References

Entry 1593 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 1593 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3