Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-bímba

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

Verb

*-bímba (infinitive *kʊ̀- )[1]

  1. to swell

Descendants

From *-bímba:

  • Bemba (M42): -fimba
  • Luganda (J15): -zimba
  • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -byimba, -vyimba
  • Shona (S10): -zvimba
  • Southern Bantu:
  • Swahili (G42): -vimba

From mbímbà (“abdomen”):

References