Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mpígò

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

Noun

*mpígò class 9 (plural *mpígò class 10)

1. kidney

Descendants

• Akoose (A15C): pə́g
• Makaa-Njem:
  • Koonzime (A842): piʼ
• Boan
  • Kaiku (D312): híɔ̀
  • Bera (D32): híkɔ̀
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Kikuyu (E51): higo
  • Kimbu (F24): mpigo
  • Luganda (J15): ensigo
  • Tooro (J12): ensigo
  • Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): ntso
  • Ikizu (J402): ihigʉ (“kidney”)
  • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): impyiko
  • Swahili (G42): figo
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): impso
• Shona (S10): itsvo ~ tsvo ~ svo
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Swazi (S43): inso
    • Xhosa (S41): intso
    • Zulu (S42): inso
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): pshio
    • Sotho (S33): phio
    • Tswana (S31): philo
  • Tsonga (S53): yinso
  • Venda (S20): tswio
• Southwest Bantu:
  • Herero (R30): osyoti