Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀dɪ̀dò

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

Inherited from Proto-Benue-Congo *-lilo (“fire”).

Noun

*mʊ̀dɪ̀dò class 3 (plural *mɪ̀dɪ̀dò class 4)

1. (Common Bantu) fire

Usage notes

This term is shared between many Bantu languages, but a single form cannot be formally reconstructed to the level of Proto-Bantu because of historical or linguistic considerations.

Descendants

• Akoose (A15C): muú
• Bwisi (B401): mulilo
• Ngondi-Ngiri:
  • Mbati (C13): mòlòlì

• Bende (F12): múlíló

• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Haya-Jita:
      • Talinga-Bwisi (J102): mulilo
    • Nyoro-Ganda:
      • Luganda (J15): omuliro
    • Masaba-Luhya:
      • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): omuliro
    • Logooli-Kuria:
      • Kabwa (J405): omururo
  • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): umuriro

• Luban:
  • Luba:
    • Luba-Katanga (L33): mudilo

• Sabi:
  • Bwile (M401): umulilo

• Southern Bantu:
  • Makua:
    • Malawi Lomwe (P331): munllo/muundo

• Kavango-Southwest Bantu:
  • Southwest Bantu:
    • Ovambo:
      • Kwanyama (R21): omundilo
      • Ndonga (R22): omulilo

• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Lala (South Africa) (S406): nilo
    • Northern Ndebele (S44): umlilo
    • Phuthi (S404): mullo
    • Swazi (S43): umlilo
    • Xhosa (S41): umlilo
    • Zulu (S42): umlilo
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Sotho (S33): mollo
  • Venda (S20): mulilo