Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀kádí
Proto-Bantu
editEtymology
editCognates outside Bantu include Tiv kwase (“woman”), Bitare okasə (“woman”), Ndoe mìŋ-kánì (“woman”), Nde-Nsele-Nta màŋ-kaa̍ (“woman”)
Noun
edit*mʊ̀kádí class 1 (plural *bàkádí class 2)[1]
Descendants
edit- Akoose (A15C): mmwaád
- Bwisi (B401): mukali̱
- Nzebi:
- Bangi-Ntomba:
- Makaa-Njem
- Ngondi-Ngiri:
- Northeast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
- Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): mzaɗe
- Bemba (M42): umwanakashi (second element)
- Nyasa:
- Shona:
- Southern Bantu:
- Luba-Katanga (L33): mukaji (“wife”)
- Njila:
From the collapsed form *mʊ̀káí ~ *mʊ̀ké in Northeast Coast Bantu: