Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìkʊ́mì

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

possible cognate outside Bantu in Proto-Grassfields *gÚm`

Noun

cardinal number

10	Previous:	*-táànò
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*ìkʊ́mì class 5 (plural *màkʊ́mì class 6)

1. ten

Descendants

• Proto-Jarawan: *lum
• Kongo (H16): kùumi
• Northeastern Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili (G42): kumi
  • Thagiicu:
    • Kamba (E55): ikumi
    • Kikuyu (E51): ikũmi
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Luganda (J15): kkumi
    • Nyoro (J11): ikumi
    • Tooro (J12): ikumi
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): icumi
    • Nyankole (J13): ikúmi
    • Haya (J22): eikûmi
    • Gusii (J42): ikomi
    • Nande (J42): erikümi
• Luba-Kasai (L31): dikumi

• Kimbundu (H21): kuinhi
• Mbunda (K15): likumi

• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): khumi

• Shona (S10): gumi
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Southern Ndebele (S407): itjhumi
    • Swazi (S43): lishumi
    • Xhosa (S41): shumi
    • Zulu (S42): ishumi
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): lesome
    • Sotho (S33): leshome
      • → Phuthi: lishume
    • Tswana (S31): lesomê
  • Tswa-Ronga:
    • Tsonga (S53): khume