Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-bímba

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

*-bímba (infinitive *kʊ̀ )

1. to swell

Descendants

From *-bímba:

• Bemba (M42): -fimba
• Luganda (J15): -zimba
• Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -byimba, -vyimba
• Shona (S10): -zvimba
• Southern Bantu:
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Sotho (S33): bipa (“ferment”)
  • Tsonga (S53): -pfimba
  • Venda (S20): -zwimba
• Swahili (G42): -vimba

From mbímbà ("abdomen"):

• Chichewa (N31): mimba
• Swahili (G42): mimba