Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/nkɪ́mà

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

*nkɪ́mà class 9 (plural *nkɪ́mà class 10)

1. monkey

Descendants

• Sawabantu:
  • Duala (A24): kéma

• Northeast Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Sabaki:
      • Swahili:
        • Swahili (G42): kima

• Kongo:
  • Kongo (H16): nkima

• Kimbundu:
  • Kimbundu (H21): hima

• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Haya-Jita:
      • Talinga-Bwisi (J102): nkima
    • Nyoro-Ganda:
      • Luganda (J15): enkima
      • Gwere (J17): nkima
    • Masaba-Luhya:
      • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): ekima (“blue monkey”)
    • Nande (J42): éngíma
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): inkima (“blue monkey”)

• Lunda:
  • Lunda (L52): hima

• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): ntchima (“blue monkey”)

• Kavango-Southwest Bantu:
  • Southwest Bantu:
    • Herero (R30): Ondjima