Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìjʊ́bà

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

*ìjʊ́bà class 5 (plural *màjʊ́bà class 6)

1. sun

Descendants

• Sawabantu:
  • Benga (A34): joba

• Pomo-Bomwali:
  • Makaa-Njem:
    • Ndzem-Bomwali:
      • Koonzime (A842): dobo

• Northeast Bantu:
  • Kikuyu-Kamba:
    • Kikuyu (E51): riũa
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Sabaki:
      • Swahili:
        • Mwani (G403): juwa
        • Swahili (G42): jua
      • Comorian:
        • Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): djua
  • Bena-Kinga:
    • Kibena (G63): ilidzuwa

• Kongo:
  • Beembe (H11): ʃuːba

• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Gungu (J101): lyoba
    • Nyoro-Ganda:
      • Nyoro (J11): eizooba
      • Tooro (J12): izooba
      • Nyankole (J13): izôba
      • Luganda (J15): enjuba
    • Haya-Jita:
      • Haya (J22): eizôba
    • Masaba-Luhya:
      • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): eryuba
    • Logooli-Kuria:
      • Ikizu (J402): iryʉbha
      • Kabwa (J405): eryubha
      • Ikoma (J45): eryobha
    • Nande (J42): eryúba
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): izuba

• Mbukushu (K333): diyuwa

• Nyasa:
  • Tumbuka (N21): zuŵa
  • Chichewa (N31): dzuŵa
    • Sena:
      • Kunda (N42): dzuwa

• Rufiji-Ruvuma:
  • Ruvuma:
    • Yao (P21): lyuŵa

• Makua:
  • Takwane (P31C): nduwa
  • Lomwe (P32): nsuwa

• Kavango-Southwest Bantu:
  • Southwest Bantu:
    • Herero (R30): eyuva
• Shona:
  • Shona (S10): zuva
  • Nambya (S16B): izhuba
• Venda (S20): ḓuvha