Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngòìnà

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

*ngòìnà class 9 (plural *ngòìnà class 10)

1. crocodile

Descendants

• Duala (A24): ngando
• Central-Western Bantu:
  • West-Coastal Bantu
    • Teke-Tyee (B73d): ngaana
    • Kongo (H16): ngando
  • Njila
    • Umbundu (R11): ongandu
    • Ndonga (R22): ongadu
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): ng'ona
  • Tumbuka (N21): ng'wina
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ingona
    • Kuria (J43): ɛɛŋɔina
    • Nyoro (J11): gonya
    • Luganda (J15): eggoonya
    • Gwere (J17): ngoona
    • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): egoona
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili (G42): ngwena
• Shona (S10): ngwena
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni: *íngwenya
    • Northern Ndebele: ingwenya
    • Swazi: íngwenya
    • Xhosa: íngwenya
    • Zulu: íngwenya
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): kwena
    • Sotho (S33): kwena/koena
    • Tswana (S31): kwena
    • Lozi (K21): kwena
  • Tswa-Ronga:
    • Tsonga (S53): ngwenya
  • Venda (S20): ngweṋa