Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀jánà
Proto-Bantu
Etymology
Potentially from Proto-Benue-Congo *-ŋgwana, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ghwyán-
Noun
*mʊ̀jánà class 1 (plural *bàjánà class 2)[1]
Descendants
From mʊ̀jánà:
- Ngondi-Ngiri:
- Mbati (C13): wana
- Aka (Central Africa) (C104): mɔna
- Northeast Bantu:
- Bemba (M42): umwana
- Kongo (H16): muana
- Basaa (A43a): man
- Lingala (C30B): mwǎna
- Bwisi (B401): mwana
- Nzadi (B865): mwaan
- Ruwund (L53): mwaan
- Rufiji-Ruvuma:
- Nyasa:
- Southern Bantu:
From mʊ̀ná:
- Duala (A24): múna
- Mbam-Bube-Jarawan:
- Proto-Jarawan: *muna
- Jarawan:
- Mbula-Bwazza (): mùná/àmúná
- Lame (): munu
- Jarawan:
- Proto-Jarawan: *muna
- Nyasa:
From mʊ̀jánàké: