Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀jéné

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

Possible cognates outside Bantu include Akan *-hene (“chief”).

Noun

*mʊ̀jéné class 1 (plural *bàjéné class 2)[1]

  1. owner, chief, master

Descendants

From *mʊ̀jéné:

  • Kongo:
  • Kikuyu-Kamba:

From *mʊ̀jɪ́nyè:

  • Northeast Bantu:
    • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Northeast Coast Bantu:
      • Swahili (G42): mwenyi (“owner, possesor”)

From mʊ̀jɪ́nɪ́:

References

  1. ^ Entry 3296 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
  • An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400‎[1], 1998, page 148
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