Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mbúdà

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-Atlantic-Congo *-buda (“rain, rain cloud”).

Noun

*mbúdà class 9

1. rain

Descendants

• Akoose (A15C): mbúú
• Bwisi (B401): mbu̱la
• Ngondi-Ngiri:
  • Bongili (C15): mbula
  • Mbati (C13): ᵐbula
• Nzebi:
  • Teke-Tyee (B73d): mvulu
• Boan:
  • Kumu (D23): mbua
  • Pagibete (C51): mbúwáye
• Bangi-Moi:
  • Lingala (C30B): mbúla
  • Luba:
    • Luba-Katanga (L33): mvulá
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Kerewe (J24): enzúla
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): imvura
    • Luganda (J15): enkuba
    • Nyoro (J11): enjura
    • Tooro (J12): enjura
    • Nande (J42): émbüla
    • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): efula
    • Kabwa (J405): embura
  • Kikuyu-Kamba:
    • Kikuyu (E51): mbura
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili (G42): mvua
    • Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): nvua
• Sabi:
  • Bemba (M42): mfula

• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): mvula

• Makaa-Njem:
  • Kol (Cameroon) (A832): mpú
  • Koonzime (A842): mpie

• Kavango-Southwest Bantu:
  • Ovambo:
    • Ndonga (R22): omvula

• Shona:
  • Nambya (S16B): ivura
  • Shona (S10): mvura

• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Lala (South Africa) (S406): mvula
    • Swazi (S43): ímvûla
    • Xhosa (S41): ímvûla
    • Zulu (S42): ímvûla
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): pula
    • Sotho (S33): pula
    • Tswana (S31): pula

      → English: pula

  • Tsonga (S53): mpfula
  • Venda (S20): mvula