Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/nkákà

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

*nkákà class 9 (plural *nkákà class 10)

1. pangolin

Descendants

• Kwakum (A91): kʰà˚
• Chichewa (N31): ngaka
• Sangu (Tanzania) (G61): inxaxa
• Kabwa (J405): emburukaka
• Gungu (J101): nkaka
• Swahili (G42): kakakuona

(first morpheme)