Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/nkádá

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

*nkádá class 9 (plural *nkádá class 10)

1. crab

Descendants

• Nzibe:
  • Teke-Tyee (B73d): nkala
• Nzadi (B865): ŋkaa
• Swahili (G42): kaa
• Southern Bantu:
  • Sotho (S33): lekhala / lekgala
  • Xhosa (S41): unonkala
  • Zulu (S42): inkala