Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mbʊ́à

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

Potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- (“dog”). Cognates outside Bantu are Efik ebua (“dog”), Ibibio ewua (“dog”), Tiv iwa (“dog”), Uhami àbùà (“dog”), Bamum mvuo (“dog”) and Yemba bu (“dog”) (from Proto-Grassfields *búà) and Proto-Edoid *A-bhωa, also see Proto-Yoruboid *á-byá

Noun

*mbʊ́à class 9 (plural *mbʊ́à class 10)

1. dog

Descendants

• Sawabantu:
  • Duala (A24): mbô

• Teke-Mbede:
  • Nzebi:
    • Teke-Tyee (B73d): mbwa

• Boma-Dzing:
  • Nzadi (B865): mbva

• Mboshi-Buja:
  • Ngondi-Ngiri:
    • Aka (Central Africa) (C104): mbuâ
    • Ngundi (C11): ebwa
    • Mbati (C13): ᵐbwá

• Bangi-Tetela:
  • Bangi-Ntomba:
    • Bangi-Moi:
      • Lingala (C30B): mbwá
    • Mongo:
      • Mongo (C61): bwa

• Northeast Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Seuta:
      • Zigula (G31): mbwa
    • Sabaki:
      • Swahili:
        • Mwani (G403): imbwa, umbwa
        • Swahili (G42): mbwa
      • Comorian:
        • Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): mɓwa

• Kongo:
  • Beembe (H11): abwa
  • Kongo (H16): mbwa

• Kimbundu:
  • Kimbundu (H21): imbua

• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Gungu (J101): mbwene
    • Nyoro-Ganda:
      • Luganda (J15): embwa
      • Gwere (J17): mbwa
    • Masaba-Luhya:
      • Luhya (J32): imbwa
      • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): embwa
    • Logooli-Kuria:
      • Ikizu (J402): imbwa
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): imbwa

• Rufiji-Ruvuma:
  • Mbinga:
    • Matengo (N13): jímbwa
  • Ruvuma:
    • Yao (P21): mbwa
      • → Chichewa: mbwa

• Umbundu (R11): ombua

• Kavango-Southwest Bantu:
  • Southwest Bantu:
    • Ovambo:
      • Kwanyama (R21): ombwa
      • Ndonga (R22): ombwa
    • Herero (R30): ombwa

• Shona:
  • Manyika, Zezuru: imbwa
  • Karanga: mbwa
  • Korekore: ingwa
  • Nambya (S16B): imbwa

• Southern Bantu:
  • Proto-Nguni: *ínjá
    • Lala (South Africa) (S406): imbwa
    • Northern Ndebele (S44): inja
    • Phuthi (S404): ijha
    • Sumayela Ndebele (S408): nja
    • Swazi (S43): inja
    • Xhosa (S41): inja
    • Zulu (S42): inja
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): mpša
    • Sotho (S33): ntja
    • Tswana (S31): ntša
  • Tsonga (S53): mbyana (diminutive)
  • Venda (S20): mmbwa

• Mbam-Bube-Jarawan
  • Proto-Jarawan: *mbuga
    • Jarawan:
      • Mbula-Bwazza (): mvwà/mva
      • Bakulung (): mváà