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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njókà

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

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

  1. snake
  2. intestinal worm

Descendants
  • Northeastern Bantu:
    • Northeast Coast Bantu:
      • Swahili: nyoka (“snake”)
      • Mwani: nyoka (“snake”)
    • Thagiicu:
      • Kikuyu: nyoka (“snake”)
    • Great Lakes Bantu:
      • Rwanda-Rundi: inzoka (“snake, worm”)
    • Takama:


  • Southern Bantu:
    • Makhuwa: enowa (“snake”)
    • Nguni:
      • Northern Ndebele: inyoka (“snake”)
      • Phuthi: inyoka (“snake”)
      • Swazi: inyoka (“snake”)
      • Xhosa: inyoka (“snake”)
      • Zulu: inyoka (“snake”)
    • Sotho-Tswana:
      • Northern Sotho: noga (“snake”)
      • Sotho: noha (“snake”)
      • Tswana: nôga (“snake”)
    • Tsonga: nyoka (“snake”)
    • Venda: ṋowa (“snake”)

References
  1. Entry 3536 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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