Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njàdà

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

*njàdà class 9

1. hunger, famine

Descendants

• Northeastern Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Luganda (J15): enjala
    • Nyoro (J11): enjara
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): inzara
    • Kabwa (J405): enjara
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): ndzaya
    • Swahili (G42): njaa
• Bemba (M42): nsala
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): njala
  • Tumbuka (N21): njala
• Lingala (C30B): nzala
• Nzadi (B865): ndzaa
• Ruwund (L53): nzal
• Shona (S10): nzara
• Southern Bantu:
  • Makhuwa (P31): etala
  • Proto-Nguni (): *índlala
    • Xhosa (S41): indlala
    • Zulu (S42): índlala
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): tlala
    • Sotho (S33): tlala
    • Tswana (S31): tlala
  • Tsonga (S53): ndlala
  • Venda (S20): nḓala