Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngòì

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

Compare with Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-kʊ̃̀, Khana kuè, Igbo agụ, Westermann proposes the root ultimately comes from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-gui-.

Noun

*ngòì class 9 (plural *ngòì class 10)

1. leopard

Descendants

• Bakaka (A15C): ŋgɔ
• Northwest Bantu
  • Sawabantu
    • Duala (A24): ngiô
• Central-Western Bantu
  • Bangi–Ntomba:
    • Lingala (C30B): ngɔi, nkɔi
  • West Coastal Bantu
    • Kongo (H16): ngo
  • Njila
    • Umbundu (R11): ongue
    • Kimbundu (H21): ingo
• East Bantu
  • Northeast Savanna Bantu
    • Great Lakes Bantu:
      • Luganda (J15): engo
      • Nyoro (J11): engo
      • Tooro (J12): engo
      • Luhya (J32): ingwe
      • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ingwe
      • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): engwe
      • Ikizu (J402): engwe
      • Kabwa (J405): engwe
    • Thagiicu
      • Kamba (E55): ggo
      • Kikuyu (E51): ngarĩ
  • Shona (S10): ingwe
  • Southern Bantu
    • Nguni-Tsonga
      • Tsonga (S53): yingwe
      • Proto-Nguni: *íngwe
        • Northern Ndebele: ingwe
        • Phuthi: ígwe
        • Swazi: íngwe
        • Xhosa: íngwe
        • Zulu: íngwe
    • Sotho-Tswana-Venda
      • Northern Sotho (S32): nkwe
      • Sotho (S33): nkwe
      • Tswana (S31): nkwê
      • Venda (S20): nngwe