Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mpítí

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

*mpítí class 9 (plural *mpítí class 10)

1. hyena

Descendants

• Northeast Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili (G42): fisi
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): imfyisi, impyisi
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): fisi
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Xhosa (S41): impisi
    • Zulu (S42): impisi