Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mbʊ́dì

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

Etymology

Cognates outside Bantu include Ibibio ebot (“goat”) and Efik ébòt (“goat”), which possibly link cognates like Yoruba ewúrẹ́ and Igbo ewu, see Proto-Yoruboid *é-ɓó

Noun

*mbʊ́dì class 9 (plural *mbʊ́dì class 10)

1. goat

Descendants

• Proto-Jarawan: *mbuli
• Ngondi-Ngiri:
• Mbati (C13): ᵐbōlí
• Northwest Bantu
  • Sawabantu:
    • Duala (A24): mbódi
• Central-Western Bantu
  • Njila
    • Kimbundu (H21): mbudi (“sheep”)
  • Koyo (C24): mbósì
• East Bantu
  • Northeast Savanna Bantu:
    • Northeast Coast Bantu:
      • Swahili (G42): mbuzi
      • Mwani (G403): mbuzi
    • Great Lakes Bantu:
      • Luganda (J15): embuzi
      • Tooro (J12): embuzi
      • Nyoro (J11): embuzi
      • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): embusi
      • Gwere (J17): mbuli
      • Gungu (J101): mbu̱li̱
      • Kabwa (J405): emburi
    • Thagiicu:
      • Kikuyu (E51): mbũri
  • Nyasa:
    • Chichewa (N31): mbuzi
    • Tumbuka (N21): mbuzi
  • Bemba (M42): mbushi
  • Shona (S10): mbudzi
  • Southern Bantu:
    • Makhuwa (P31): epuri
    • Nguni:
      • Phuthi (S404): íbhûtî́
      • Swazi (S43): ímbûti
      • Xhosa (S41): imbuzi
      • Zulu (S42): ímbûzi
    • Sotho-Tswana:
      • Northern Sotho (S32): pudi
      • Sotho (S33): podi
      • Tswana (S31): podi
    • Tsonga (S53): mbuti
    • Venda (S20): mbudzi
    • Shira:
      • Bwisi (B401): mbu̱li̱