Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-ɲóa

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

Etymology

Cognates outside of Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *nú(a) (“drink”).

Verb

*-ɲóa (infinitive *kʊ̀ )

1. to drink

Descendants

• Lega-Shabunda (D251): -nwá
• Nzadi (B865): nɔ́
• Tunen (A44): nyá
• Northeast Bantu
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Luganda (J15): -nywa
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -nywa
  • Northeast Coast Bantu
    • Swahili (G42): -nywa
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): -mwa
  • Tumbuka (N21): -mwa
• Shona:
  • Shona (S10): -nwa (Zezuru)
  • Shona (S10): -mwa (Karanga, Manyika)
  • Shona (S10): -n'wa (Korekore)
• Sotho-Tswana:
  • Northern Sotho (S32): -nwa
  • Sotho (S33): -nwa / -noa
  • Tswana (S31): -nwa
• Tswa-Ronga:
  • Tsonga (S53): -nwa
• Venda (S20): nwa