Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njɪ̀dà

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

*njɪ̀dà class 9 (plural *njɪ̀dà class 10)

1. path

Descendants

• Lingala (C30B): nzelá (irregular tones)
• Kongo (H16): nzila
• Chichewa (N31): njira
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): inzira
    • Kabwa (J405): enjira
• Northeast Coast Bantu:
  • Swahili (G42): njia
  • Mwani (G403): njira
• Shona (S10): nzira
• Southern Bantu:
  • Northern Ndebele (S44): indlela
  • Phuthi (S404): idlela
  • Southern Ndebele (S407): indlela
  • Sumayela Ndebele (S408): ndlela
  • Swazi (S43): indlela
  • Venda (S20): nḓila
  • Xhosa (S41): indlela
  • Zulu (S42): indlela