Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/jàmbé
Proto-Bantu edit
Etymology edit
Possible cognates outside Bantu include Akan Nyame (“God”).
Noun edit
*jàmbé class 1[1]
Descendants edit
- Fang (Bantu) (A75): Nzame
- Ewondo (A72): Zamba
- Kongo (H16): Nzambi
- Nzadi (B865): Ndzàám
- Lunda (L52): Nzambi
- Kimbundu (H21): Nzambi
- Lingala (C30B): Nzámbe
- Ngungwel (B72): Ndsyàá
- Bushoong (C83): Chembe
- From Nyàmbé:
- Bangala (C30A): Nyambe
- Duala (A24): Ńambe
- Punu (B43): Nyambye
- Mbukushu (K333): Nyambi
- Northeast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu
- Luganda (J15): Nambi (“daughter of God”)
- Haya (J22): Nyakalembe (“Goddess of Agriculture”)
- Great Lakes Bantu
- Thagiicu
Kikuyu (E51): Mumbi (“Goddess”)