Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/cé

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

*cé 9 (plural *ncé 10)[1]

his father

Descendants

Great Lakes Bantu
- Nyoro (J11): ise (“father”)
- Soga (J16): ise (“father”)
- Nande (J42): íse (“father”)
- Haya (J22): ishe (“father”)
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): se (“his father”)
- Luganda (J15): ssezaala (“father-in-law”)
Sukuma (F31): ise (“father”)
Kikuyu (E51): ithe (“their father”)
Gogo (G11): sewo (“father”)
Sabi
- Bemba (M42): wishi (“his father”)
- Lala-Bisa (M51/52): usi (“father”)
Njila
- Herero (R30): ihe (“his father, their father”)
- Umbundu (R11): isiaye (“his father”), isiavo (“their father”)
Zulu (S42): uyise (“his father”)

References

Entry 501 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 501 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3