Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ncímbá

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

*ncímbá class 9 (plural *ncímbá class 10)

1. any of various wild felines or similar, including:
   1. wildcat
   2. lion
   3. leopard
   4. civet
   5. genet

Descendants

• Central Western Bantu
  • West coastal Bantu
    • Kongo (H16): simba (“lion”)
  • Njila
    • Umbundu (R11): simbe
• East Bantu
  • Northeast Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili (G42): simba (“lion”)
    • Sukuma-Nyamwezi:
      • Sukuma (F31): shimba (“lion”)
      • Nyamwezi (F22): nshimba (“lion”)
    • Great Lakes Bantu
      • Nande (J42): eyisimba (“lion”)
  • Shona:
    • Shona (S10): simba (“genet”)
    • Nambya (S16B): ishumba (“lion”)
  • Southern Bantu:
    • Nguni:
      • Swazi (S43): ínsimba
      • Zulu (S42): ínsîmba
    • Venda (S20): tsimba