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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀jòjò
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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
Descendants
- Luganda (J15): omwoyo (“spirit, soul”)
- Kongo (H16): moyo (“soul”)
- Gungu (J101): mwoyo (“spirit”)
- Chichewa (N31): moyo (“life”)
- Shona (S10): mwoyo (“heart”)
- Swahili (G42): moyo (“heart”)
- Kikuyu (E51): muoyo (“soul”)
- Gusii (J42): emioyo
From mʊ̀jòjà:
- Luba-Katanga (L33): muya (“soul”)
- Northern Ndebele (S44): umoya (“wind, spirit”)
- Northern Sotho (S32): moya (“wind, spirit, soul”)
- Phuthi (S404): mmoya (“wind, spirit, soul”)
- Sotho (S33): moya (“wind, spirit”)
- Southern Ndebele (S407): umoya (“wind, spirit”)
- Swazi (S43): umoya (“wind, spirit”)
- Tsonga (S53): moya (“wind, spirit, soul”)
- Venda (S20): muya (“wind, spirit, soul”)
- Xhosa (S41): umoya (“wind, spirit”)
- Zulu (S42): umoya (“wind, spirit, soul”)
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