Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-ganda

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

*-ganda class 11 (plural *n-ganda class 10)

1. clan, family, home, village

Descendants

• East Bantu
  • Northeast Savanna Bantu
    • Great Lakes Bantu:
      • Nyoro (J11): oruganda (“clan”)
      • Tooro (J12): oruganda (“clan”)
      • Nyankole (J13): oruganda (“clan”)
      • Rukiga (J14): oruganda (“clan”)
      • Nyambo (J21): uruganda (“clan”)
      • Haya (J22): uruganda/oluganda (“clan”)
      • Luganda (J15): muganda (“brother”), baganda (“brothers”), oluganda (“brotherhood”), obuganda (“togetherness, unity”)
      • Kinyarwanda: umuganda (“coming together in common purpose, unity”)
      • Kabwa (J405): oruganda (“clan”)
    • Takama
      • Sukuma (F31): luganda (“clan”), nganda (“plural of luganda”)
    • Sabi
      • Bemba (M42): nganda (“family/home/maison”), mayanda (“plural of nganda”)
  • Southern Bantu
    • Zulu (S42): ikhanda (“encapment”), amakhanda (“plural of ikhanda”)
• Kongo (H16): kanda (“clan”), nganda (“ville, village”)
• Herero (R30): eanda (“maternal clan”), omaanda (“plural of eanda”), onganda (“homestead”), ozonganda (“plural of onganda”)
• Punu (B43): nganda (“residence”)
• Luba-Kasai (L31): nganda (“courtyard”), mukandá (“association”)
• Mongo (C61): nganda (“village,camp”)
• Bangi (C32): nganda (“camp”)
• Ntomba (C35a): ngando (“village,camp”)
• Ila (M63): ing'anda (“house”)

References

http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/NC/Public/pdf/PB92list-Shadeberg.pdf https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Proto-Bantu_reconstructions