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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mpígò

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

*mpígò class 9 (plural *mpígò class 10) [1]

  1. kidney

Descendants
  • Northeast Bantu:
    • Kikuyu: higo
    • Kimbu: mpigo
    • Luganda: ensigo
    • Ngazidja Comorian: ntso
    • Rwanda-Rundi: impyiko
    • Swahili: figo
  • Nyasa:
  • Shona: itsvo ~ tsvo ~ svo
  • Southern Bantu:
    • Nguni:
    • Sotho-Tswana:
      • Northern Sotho: pshio
      • Sotho: phio
      • Tswana: philo
    • Tsonga: yinso
  • Southwest Bantu:
    • Herero: osyoti

References
  1. Entry 2568 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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