Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìjʊ́bà

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

*ìjʊ́bà class 5 (plural *màjʊ́bà class 6)

1. sun

Descendants

• Beembe (H11): ʃuːba
• Makaa-Njem:
  • Koonzime (A842): dobo
• Great Lakes Bantu:
  • Luganda (J15): enjuba
  • Nyoro (J11): eizooba
  • Nyankole (J13): izôba
  • Haya (J22): eizôba
  • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): izuba
  • Nande (J42): eryúba
  • Ikizu (J402): iryʉbha
  • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): eryuba
  • Gungu (J101): lyoba
  • Kabwa (J405): eryubha

• Northeast Coast Bantu:
  • Mwani (G403): juwa
  • Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): djua
  • Swahili (G42): jua
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): dzuwa
  • Tumbuka (N21): zuwa
  • Kunda (N42): dzuwa
• Makua
  • Takwane (P31C): nduwa
  • Lomwe (P32): nsuwa
• Kikuyu (E51): riũa
• Shona
  • Shona (S10): zuva
  • Nambya (S16B): izhuba
• Venda (S20): ḓuvha