Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kɪ̀kúbà
Proto-Bantu
editNoun
edit*kɪ̀kúbà class 7 (plural *bìkúbà class 8)[1]
- (Common Bantu) chest (of the body)
Usage notes
editThis term is shared between many Bantu languages, but a single form cannot be formally reconstructed to the level of Proto-Bantu because of historical or linguistic considerations.
Descendants
edit- Chichewa (N31): chifuwa
- Luganda (J15): ekifuba
- Tooro (J12): ekifuba
- Nyoro (J11): ekifuba
- Nyankole (J13): ekifúba
- Haya (J22): ekifûba
- Nande (J42): ekífüba
- Jita (J25): ecifúba
- Shona (S10): chipfuva
- Swahili (G42): kifua
- Southern Bantu: