Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/dúmè

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

Cognates outside Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *lúm` (“husband”)

Noun

*dúmè class 9 (plural *ndúmè class 10)

1. husband, male

Descendants

• Nzebi:
  • Teke-Tyee (B73d): mulumu
• Central Western Bantu
  • Njila
    • Umbundu (R11): ulume (“man”)
  • West Coastal Bantu
    • Nzadi (B865): olûm (“husband”)
  • Luban
    • Luba-Kasai (L31): múlumé (“man”)
• East bantu
  • Great Lakes Bantu
    • Nande (J42): omúlüme (“man”)
• Shona languages:
  • Shona (S10): murume (“man”)
  • Kalanga (S16A): nlume (“man”)
  • Nambya (S16B): unhulume (“man”)