Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njíkɪ̀

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

*njíkɪ̀ class 9 (plural *njíkɪ̀ class 10)

1. bee

Related terms

• *bʊ̀jíkɪ̀ (“honey”)

Descendants

• Kongo (H16): nyosi
• Bemba (M42): buci
• Bwisi (B401): luyoki
• Luban:
  • Kaonde (L41): injuki
• Southwest Bantu:
  • Herero (R30): onyuitkhi
• Umbundu (R11): nyihi
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Mwani (G403): nyuki
    • Swahili (G42): nyuki
    • Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): nyoshi
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Luganda (J15): enjuki
    • Nyoro (J11): enjoki
    • Tooro (J12): orujoki
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): uruyuki
    • Ikizu (J402): ɨnzʉki
    • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): enjuhi
    • Gwere (J17): nzoki
    • Kabwa (J405): enjuki
  • Kikuyu-Kamba:
    • Kikuyu (E51): njũkĩ
    • Kamba (E55): nzũkĩ
  • Nyamwezi (F22): nzuki
• Northwest Bantu:
  • Lingala (C30B): nzói
  • Nzadi (B865): nwi

• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): njuchi
  • Tumbuka (N21): njuci

• Rufiji-Ruvuma:
  • Ruvuma:
    • Yao (Africa) (P21): lujuci

• Shona:
  • Shona (S10): nyuchi

• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni: *ínyósí
    • Northern Ndebele: inyosi
    • Phuthi: ínyósí
    • Swazi: ínyôsi
    • Xhosa: ínyôsi
    • Zulu: ínyôsi
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): nose
    • Sotho (S33): notshi
    • Tswana (S31): notshe
  • Tswa-Ronga:
    • Tsonga (S53): nyoxi
  • Venda (S20): ṋotshi