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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kɪ̀bánjá

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

*kɪ̀bánjá class 7 (plural *bìbánjá class 8) [1]

  1. cleared land; plot of land for a house

Descendants
  • Kongo: mbanza
  • Mongo: loanja (“courtyard”)
  • Luba-Kasai: lubanza (“courtyard behind a house”)
  • Northeastern Bantu:
    • Great Lakes Bantu:
      • Haya: ekibanja (“field and its premises”)
      • Luganda: ekibanja (“plot”), ebbanja (“debt”)
      • Rwanda-Rundi: ikibanza (“building site”)
      • Sumbwa: lubanza (“trial, tribunal”)
    • Bemba: ulubansa (“courtyard”)
    • Ila: lubanza (“open space”)
  • Nyanja:
    • Chichewa: banja (“family”)
    • Tumbuka: banja (“family”)
  • Southern Bantu:
    • Nguni:
      • Swazi: libandla (“council”)
      • Xhosa: ibandla (“assembly place, congregation”)
      • Zulu: ibandla (“assembly place, congregation”)

References
  1. Entry 8591 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
  • Grégoire, Claire (1976), "Le champ sémantique du thème bantu *-bánjá." African Languages/Langues Africaines 2: 1–12.
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