Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngàndá

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

Noun

*ngàndá class 9 (plural *ngàndá class 10)[1]

  1. clan, family, home, village, chief's enclosure

Descendants

  • East Bantu:
    • Northeast Bantu:
      • Great Lakes Bantu:
        • Nyoro (J11): oruganda (“clan”)
        • Tooro (J12): oruganda (“clan”)
        • Nyankole (J13): oruganda (“clan”)
        • Rukiga (J14): oruganda (“clan”)
        • Nyambo (J21): uruganda (“clan”)
        • Haya (J22): uruganda/oluganda (“clan”)
        • Luganda (J15): muganda (“brother”), baganda (“brothers”), oluganda (“brotherhood”), obuganda (“togetherness, unity”)
        • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): umuganda (“coming together in common purpose, unity”)
        • Kabwa (J405): oruganda (“clan”)
      • Takama:
        • Sukuma (F31): luganda (“clan”), nganda (“plural of luganda”)
      • Sabi:
        • Bemba (M42): nganda (“family/home/maison”), mayanda (“plural of nganda”)
    • Southern Bantu:
  • Kongo (H16): kanda (“clan”), nganda (“ville, village”)
  • Herero (R30): eanda (“maternal clan”), omaanda (“plural of eanda”), onganda (“homestead”), ozonganda (“plural of onganda”)
  • Punu (B43): nganda (“residence”)
  • Luba-Kasai (L31): nganda (“courtyard”), mukandá (“association”)
  • Mongo (C61): nganda (“village, camp”)
  • Bangi (C32): nganda (“camp”)
  • Ntomba (C35a): ngando (“village, camp”)
  • Ila (M63): ing'anda (“house”)

References

  1. ^ Entry 1324 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/NC/Public/pdf/PB92list-Shadeberg.pdf

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