Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/bàjánà

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

*bàjánà class 2

1. plural of *mʊ̀jánà
   1. children

Descendants

From bàjánà:

• Manenguba:
  • Akoose (A15C): bǎn

• Basaa:
  • Basaa (A43a): bɔ̌n

• Teke-Mbede:
  • Teke:
    • Teke-Tege (B71): baana

• Northeast Bantu:
  • Northeast Bantu:
    • Sabaki:
      • Swahili:
        • Mwani (G403): wana
        • Swahili (G42): wana
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Nyoro-Ganda:
      • Nyankole (J13): abaana
      • Luganda (J15): abaana
    • Masaba-Luhya:
      • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): abaana
    • Logooli-Kuria:
      • Kabwa (J405): abhaana
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): abâna

• Lingala (C30B): bǎna
• Nzadi (B865): bǎàn

• Rukwa:
  • Mwika:
    • Nyamwanga (M22): awana

• Rufiji-Ruvuma:
  • Mbinga:
    • Ngoni (N12): wana
    • Matengo (N13): bâna
    • Mpoto (N14): bhana
  • Ruvuma:
    • Mwera (P22): bhana

• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): ana
  • Tumbuka (N21): ŵana
    • Sena:
      • Kunda (N42): wana
      • Nyungwe (N43): wana
      • Sena (N44): ana

• Maore Comorian (G44D): wana
• Shona (S10): vana
• Northern Sotho (S32): bana
• Sotho (S33): bana
• Tswana (S31): bana
• Tsonga (S53): vana
• Venda (S20): vhana

From bàjánàké:

• Kikuyu-Kamba:
  • Kikuyu (E51): aanake

• Rukwa:
  • Mwika:
    • Nyamwanga (M22): awanachi (“women”)

• Rufiji-Ruvuma:
  • Ruvuma:
    • Yao (Africa) (P21): ŵanace