Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀kádí

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

*mʊ̀kádí class 1 (plural *bàkádí class 2) [1]

woman
wife

Descendants

Bangi-Ntomba:
- Lingala: mwasi
Northeast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Luganda: omukazi
  - Nyankole: omukazi
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Ngazidja Comorian: mzaɗe
Nyasa:
- Chichewa: mkazi
Shona: mukadzi
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Swazi: -kati
  - Xhosa: -kazi
  - Zulu: -kazi
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho: mosadi
  - Sotho: mosadi
  - Tswana: mosadi
Southwest Bantu:
- Herero: omukazendu

From the collapsed form *mʊ̀káí ~ *mʊ̀ké in Northeast Coast Bantu:

Chimwiini: muke
Mwani: muka
Swahili: mke, -ke

References

Entry 1674 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 1674 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3