Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-ɲóa

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 of Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *nú(a) (“drink”).

Verb

*-ɲóa (infinitive *kʊ̀ɲóa)

1. to drink

Descendants

From *-ɲóa:

• Lega-Shabunda (D251): -nwá
• Nzadi (B865): nɔ́
• Tunen (A44): nyá

• Bende (F12): -nywǎ

• Northeast Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Seuta:
      • Zigula (G31): -nywa
    • Sabaki:
      • Swahili:
        • Swahili (G42): -nywa
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Nyoro-Ganda:
      • Tooro (J12): -nywa
      • Luganda (J15): -nywa
    • Masaba-Luhya:
      • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): -nywa
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -nywa

• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): -nyota

• Shona:
  • Shona (S10): -nwa (Zezuru)
  • Shona (S10): -mwa (Karanga, Manyika)
  • Shona (S10): -n'wa (Korekore)

• Sotho-Tswana:
  • Northern Sotho (S32): -nwa
  • Sotho (S33): -nwa / -noa
  • Tswana (S31): -nwa
• Tswa-Ronga:
  • Tsonga (S53): -nwa
• Venda (S20): nwa

From *-mʊ́a:

• Nyasa:
  • Tumbuka (N21): -mwa
  • Chichewa (N31): -mwa

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

From *-ŋʊ́a:

• Rufiji-Ruvuma:
  • Ruvuma:
    • Yao (P21): -ng'wa