Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-kúnd

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

Verb

*-kúnd (infinitive *kʊ̀ )

1. love; desire; agree with; copulate

Descendants

• Great Lakes Bantu
  • Kara (Tanzania) (J252): okwenda
  • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): kunda
  • Nyankole (J13): kunda
  • Nyoro (J11): gonza
• Shambala (G23): kunda
• Hehe (G62): ukwenda
• Ngulu (G34): kuunga
• Mwera (P22): konda
• Mambwe-Lungu (M14/15): kunda
• Wanda (M21): kunda
• Nyamwanga (M22): -kunda
• Zigula (G31): kuunga
• Xhosa (S41): thanda
• Zulu (S42): thanda
• Southern Ndebele (S407): thanda
• Venda (S20): tsandza
• Swazi (S43): tsandza
• Tsonga (S53): handza
• Swahili (G42): penda