Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ncónì

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

*ncónì class 9 (plural *ncónì class 10)

1. shame

Descendants

• Kimbundu (H21): sonhi
• Bwisi (B401): nsoni̱
• Ngondi-Ngiri:
  • Mbati (C13): sɔ́
• Lingala (C30B): nsɔ́ni
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Gwere (J17): nsoni
    • Gungu (J101): nsoni̱
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): isoni
    • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): esoni
    • Ikizu (J402): sʉni
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili (G42): soni
• Nzadi (B865): ntsɔn
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Xhosa (S41): intloni
    • Zulu (S42): ámahlôni, ízinhlôni
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): dihlong
    • Sotho (S33): dihlong
    • Tswana (S31): ditlhong
  • Venda (S20): ṱhoni