Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njʊ̀nì

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

possible cognates outside Bantu include Ibibio inuen (“bird”) (from Proto-Lower Cross River *í-nùŋɛn ́ (“bird”) and Proto-Grassfields *nų̀n´ (“bird”)

Noun

*njʊ̀nì class 9 (plural *njʊ̀nì class 10)[1]

bird

Descendants

Duala (A24): enon
Northeast Bantu
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Luganda (J15): ennyonyi, ekinyonyi
  - Tooro (J12): ekinyonyi, enyonyi
  - Nyankole (J13): ekinyonyi
  - Haya (J22): ekinoni
  - Nande (J42): enyönyu
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): inyoni
  - Kabwa (J405): ekinyonyi
  - Jita (J25): inoni
- Thagiicu
  - Kikuyu (E51): nyoni
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Mwani (G403): nyuni
  - Swahili (G42): nyuni
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Northern Ndebele (S44): inyoni
  - Southern Ndebele (S407): inyoni
  - Swazi (S43): inyoni
  - Xhosa (S41): inyoni
  - Zulu (S42): inyoni
    - Fanagalo (S40A): nyoni

References

Entry 1627 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 1627 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3