Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngòmà
Proto-Bantu
Etymology
Cognates outside of Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *ŋgòm` (“drum”)
Noun
*ngòmà class 9 (plural *ngòmà class 10)[1]
Descendants
- Bwisi (B401): ngoma
- Northeast Bantu:
- Kongo (H16): ngoma
- Bemba (M42): ing’oma
- Nyasa:
- Nzadi (B865): ŋgɔm
- Ruwund (L53): ngam
- Shona (S10): ngoma
- Tsonga (S53): ngoma
- Nguni: *íngoma