Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-mòì
Proto-Bantu
Etymology
Potentially from Proto-Bantoid *m-o-ʔ, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-mot-, from Proto-Niger-Congo *ku-n-di. Possible cognates outside Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *mòk´.
Adjective
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*-mòì[1]
Descendants
From mòì:
- Proto-Jarawan: *moko
- Machame (E621B): mwi
- Nzadi (B865): mmo
- Gusii (J42): eyemo
- Ikizu (J402): imwe
- Embu (E52): imwe
- Rukiga (J14): emwe
- Taita (E74): imweri
- Kabwari (J56): mwe
- Pare (G22): mwe
- Kamba (E55): imwe
- Malawi Lomwe (P331): -modda
- Kikuyu (E51): -mwe
- Luba-Kasai (L31): -mwa
- Luganda (J15): -mu
- Tooro (J12): -mu
- Kimbundu (H21): -moxi
- Mbunda (K15): -mo
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -mwe
- Shona (S10): -mwe
- Swahili (G42): -moja, mosi
- Kongo (H16): mosi
From mócà:
- Nyasa:
- Tonga (Malawi) (N15): -moza
- Tumbuka (N21): -moza
From mòdì:
From nye:
- Southern Bantu: