Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/nkúdù

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

*nkúdù class 9 (plural *nkúdù class 10)

1. tortoise

Descendants

• Nzebi:
  • Teke-Tyee (B73d): mfulu
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Luganda (J15): enfudu
    • Ikizu (J402): ikuru
    • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): ehudu
    • Gwere (J17): fudu
    • Gungu (J101): ku̱lo
    • Kabwa (J405): enkuru
• Duala (A24): wúdu, wúru
• Akoose (A15C): kûl
• Ndonga (R22): onkili
• Nzadi (B865): ŋkul
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): fulu
  • Tumbuka (N21): fulu
• Southern Bantu
  • Nguni:
    • Northern Ndebele (S44): ufudu
    • Southern Ndebele (S407): ikghuru
    • Swazi (S43): lufudvu
    • Xhosa (S41): ufudo
    • Zulu (S42): ufudu
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): khudu
    • Sotho (S33): kgudu
    • Tswana (S31): khudu
  • Tsonga (S53): mfutsu