Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/nkángà

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

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

guinea fowl

Descendants

Bwisi (B401): nkanga
Northeast Bantu
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): inkanga
  - Ikizu (J402): ɨkanga
  - Nyole (Uganda) (J35): ekanga
- Northeast Coastal Bantu:
  - Swahili (G42): kanga
Nyasa:
- Chichewa (N31): nkhanga
Shona
- Shona (S10): hanga
  → Malagasy: akanga
- Nambya (S16B): ihanga
Kwangali (K33): nkanga
Southern Bantu:
- Venda (S20): khanga

References

Entry 1720 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 1720 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3