Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/júmà

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

*júmà class 11 (plural *njúmà class 10)

1. thing, bead, iron

Descendants

• Great Lakes Bantu:
  • Luganda (J15): kyuma (“iron”)
  • Nyankole (J13): ekyôma (“iron”)
  • Haya (J22): ekyôma (“iron”)
  • Nande (J42): ékyüma (“iron”)
  • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): icyuma (“iron, knife”)