Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngùbʊ́

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

*ngùbʊ́ class 9 (plural *ngùbʊ́ class 10)

1. hippopotamus

Descendants

• Bakaka (A15C): ŋgubú
• Northeastern Bantu:
  • Thagiicu:
    • Kikuyu (E51): nguuũ
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): imvubu
    • Luganda (J15): envubu
    • Tooro (J12): enjubu
    • Kabwa (J405): engubhu
• Kimbundu (H21): nguvu
• Lingala (C30B): ngubú
• Kongo (H16): ngubu
• Chichewa (N31): mvuu
• Nzadi (B865): ŋgwu
• Shona (S10): mvuu
• Southern Bantu:
  • Tsonga (S53): mpfuvu
  • Venda (S20): mvuvhu
  • Nguni: *ímvubú
    • Northern Ndebele: ímvubú
    • Swazi: ímvubú
    • Xhosa: ímvubú
    • Zulu: ímvubú
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): kobu
    • Sotho (S33): kubu
    • Tswana (S31): kubu