Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ncúɪ́
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Proto-Bantu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognates outside Bantu include Ejagham Ǹsí (“fish”), Bamum Nsa (“fish”) and Awing Su (“fish”) (from Proto-Grassfields *Sú`)
Noun[edit]
*ncúɪ́ class 9 (plural *ncúɪ́ class 10)[1]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Jarawan: *Nci
- Lunda (L52): inshi
- Bube (A31): cuyi/cue
- Duala (A24): súe
- Bushoong (C83): swey
- Mongo (C61): se
- Bongili (C15): moshwe
- Mbati (C13): swì
- Nzadi (B865): ntswɛ
- Nande (J42): ekitswë
- Gungu (J101): nsu̱
- Bwisi (B401): nsu̱i̱
- Swahili (G42): nswi
- Umbundu (R11): olusi
From *ntúɪ́:
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ifi