Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njátɪ́

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

*njátɪ́ class 9 (plural *njátɪ́ class 10)

1. buffalo

   Synonym: *mbògó

Descendants

• Bakaka (A15C): nyǎd
• Duala (A24): ñáti
• Lingala (C30B): nzálé
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili (G42): nyati
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): njati
  • Tumbuka (N21): njati
  • Kunda (N42): nyati
• Shona:
  • Shona (S10): nyati
  • Nambya (S16B): inyati
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Tekela:
      • Swazi (S43): inyatsi
    • Zunda:
      • Northern Ndebele (S44): inyathi
      • Xhosa (S41): inyathi
      • Zulu (S42): inyathi
  • Makua:
    • Takwane (P31C): nyari
    • Lomwe (P32): enari
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): nare
    • Sotho (S33): nare
    • Tswana (S31): nare
  • Tswa-Ronga:
    • Tsonga (S53): nyarhi
  • Venda (S20): ṋari