Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngòmà

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

Cognates outside of Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *ŋgòm` (“drum”)

Noun

*ngòmà class 9 (plural *ngòmà class 10)

1. drum
2. (possibly) dance

Descendants

• Bwisi (B401): ngoma
• Northeast Bantu
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Luganda (J15): engoma
    • Nyoro (J11): engoma
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ingoma
    • Nyankole (J13): engoma
    • Bukusu (J31D): engoma
    • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): engoma
    • Gwere (J17): ngoma
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Mwani (G403): ngoma
    • Swahili (G42): ngoma
• Kongo (H16): ngoma
• Bemba (M42): ing’oma
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): ng'oma
  • Tumbuka (N21): ng'oma
• Nzadi (B865): ŋgɔm
• Ruwund (L53): ngam
• Shona (S10): ngoma
• Tsonga (S53): ngoma
• Proto-Nguni: *íngoma
  • Northern Ndebele: ingoma
  • Swazi: íngoma
  • Xhosa: íngoma
  • Zulu: íngoma