Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-bóna

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

Potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *món-/*bhón-

Verb

*-bóna (infinitive *kʊ̀- )^[1]

to see
to find

Derived terms

*-bónɪka (“be visible”)

Descendants

From *-bóna:

Northeast Bantu:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Sabaki:
    - Makua:
      - Swahili (G42): -ona
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Masaba-Luhya:
    - Nyole (Uganda) (J35): -bona
  - Logooli-Kuria:
    - Gusii (J42): -rora
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -bona

Nyasa:
- Chichewa (N31): -ona/-wona

Shona:
- Shona (S10): -ona

Southern Bantu:
- Makua:
  - Makhuwa (P31): -woona
  - Malawi Lomwe (P331): -ona
- Nguni:
  - Phuthi (S404): -bóna
  - Swazi (S43): -bóna
  - Xhosa (S41): -bôna
  - Zulu (S42): -bôna
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): bona
  - Sotho (S33): bona
  - Tswana (S31): bôna
- Tsonga (S53): -vona
- Venda (S20): -vhona
- Chopi (S61): -wona

From *-móna:

Bemba (M42): -mona

References

^ Entry 266 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 266 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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