Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/
ìdìbà
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
*ìdìbà
class
5
(
plural
*màdìbà
class
6
)
[
1
]
pond
or
lake
Descendants
Northeast Bantu:
Northeast Coast Bantu:
Swahili
(
G42
):
ziwa
(
“
lake
”
)
Great Lakes Bantu:
Rwanda-Rundi
(
J61/62
):
iriba
(
“
well
”
)
Luganda
(
J15
):
kidiba
(
“
pond
”
)
Kabwa
(
J405
):
eriribha
(
“
pond
”
)
Kikuyu-Kamba:
Kikuyu
(
E51
):
iria
(
“
lake, pond
”
)
Nyasa:
Chichewa
(
N31
):
dziwe
(
“
pond
”
)
Bangi-Ntomba:
Lingala
(
C30B
):
liziba
(
“
pond
”
)
Boma-Dzing:
Nzadi
(
B865
):
iziba
(
“
lake
”
)
Shona
(
S10
):
dziva
(
“
pond
”
)
Southern Bantu:
(
shifted to class 7
)
Nguni:
Zunda:
Xhosa
(
S41
):
isiziba
(
“
pond
”
)
Zulu
(
S42
):
isiziba
(
“
pond
”
)
Sotho
(
S33
):
sediba
(
“
spring
”
)
References
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Entry 1025 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3