Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njàdà

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

*njàdà class 9 [1]

hunger, famine

Descendants

Northeastern Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Rwanda-Rundi: inzara
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Swahili: njaa
Bemba: nsala
Nyasa:
- Chichewa: njala
- Tumbuka: njala
Lingala: nzála
Nzadi: ndzaa
Ruwund: nzal
Shona: nzara
Southern Bantu:
- Makhuwa: etala
- Nguni: *índlala
  - Xhosa: indlala
  - Zulu: índlala
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho: tlala
  - Sotho: tlala
  - Tswana: tlala
- Tsonga: ndlala
- Venda: nḓala

References

Entry 1555 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 1555 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3