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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-ganda

This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed words 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

*-ganda 11 (plural *n-ganda 10)[1]

  1. clan, family, home, village

Descendants
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Nyoro (J11): oruganda (“clan”)
    • Tooro (J12): oruganda (“clan”)
    • Nyankole (J13): oruganda (“clan”)
    • Rukiga (J14): oruganda (“clan”)
    • Haya (J22): oluganda (“clan”)
    • Luganda (J15): muganda (“brother”), baganda (“brothers”), oluganda (“brotherhood”)
    • Kinyarwanda: umuganda (“community work,unity”)
  • Sukuma (F31): luganda (“clan”), nganda (“plural of luganda”)
  • Bemba (M42): nganda (“family/home/maison”), mayanda (“plural of nganda”)
  • 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”)
  • Mongo (C61): nganda (“village,camp”)
  • Bangi (C32): nganda (“camp”)
  • Ntomba (C35a): ngando (“village,camp”)

References
  1. Entry 1324 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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