Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mbʊ́à

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

Etymology

Cognates outside Bantu are Efik *ebua (“dog”), Ibibio *ewua (“dog”), Tiv *iwa (“dog”), Uhami *àbùà (“dog”), Bamum *mvuo (“dog”) and Yemba *bu (“dog”) (from Proto-Grassfields *búà) and Proto-Edoid *A-bhωa

Noun

*mbʊ́à class 9 (plural *mbʊ́à class 10)

1. dog

Descendants

• Sawabantu
  • Duala (A24): mbô
• Great Lakes Bantu:
  • Luganda (J15): embwa
  • Luhya (J32): imbwa
  • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): imbwa
• Kongo (H16): mbwa
• Lingala (C30B): mbwá
• Mongo (C61): bwa
• Nzadi (B865): mbva
• Northeast Coast Bantu:
  • Mwani (G403): imbwa, umbwa
  • Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): mɓwa
  • Swahili (G42): mbwa
• Shona:
  • Manyika, Zezuru: imbwa
  • Karanga: mbwa
  • Korekore: ingwa
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Lala (South Africa) (S406): imbwa
    • Northern Ndebele (S44): inja
    • Phuthi (S404): ijha
    • Sumayela Ndebele (S408): nja
    • Swazi (S43): inja
    • Xhosa (S41): inja
    • Zulu (S42): inja
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): mpša
    • Sotho (S33): ntja
    • Tswana (S31): ntša
  • Tsonga (S53): mbyana (diminutive)
  • Venda (S20): mmbwa
• Njila:
  • Herero (R30): ombwa
  • Kimbundu (H21): imbua
  • Umbundu (R11): ombua
• Mbam-Bube-Jarawan
  • Proto-Jarawan: *Mbuga
    • Jarawan
      • Mbula-Bwazza (): mvwà/mva
      • Bakulung (): mváà