Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/nkɪ́mà

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

*nkɪ́mà class 9 (plural *nkɪ́mà class 10)^[1]

monkey

Descendants

Sawabantu:
- Duala (A24): kéma

Northeast Bantu:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Sabaki:
    - Swahili:
      - Swahili (G42): kima
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Nyoro-Ganda:
    - Luganda (J15): enkima
  - Nande (J42): éngíma
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): inkima (“blue monkey”)

Central-Western Bantu:
- Kongo:
  - Kongo (H16): nkima
- Kimbundu:
  - Kimbundu (H21): hima
- Lunda:
  - Lunda (L52): hima

Nyasa:
- Chichewa (N31): ntchima (“blue monkey”)

Kavango-Southwest Bantu:
- Southwest Bantu:
  - Herero (R30): Ondjima

References

^ Entry 1798 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3