Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìgʊ̀dʊ̀

This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed terms 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

*ìgʊ̀dʊ̀ class 5

1. sky, top

Descendants

• Central-Western Bantu
  • Njila
    • Herero (R30): meyuru (“sky, heaven”)
    • Umbundu (R11): ilu (“sky”), Kolombungululu (“galaxy, stars, heavens”)
    • Lunda (L52): mwiwulu (“sky”)
    • Kimbundu (H21): riulu (“heaven,sky”)
    • Ruwund (L53): diiwur (“sky”)
  • West-Coastal Bantu
    • Kongo (H16): zulu (“heaven, sky, top”)
    • Bwisi (B401): eghulu
• East Bantu
  • Northeast Bantu:
    • Great Lakes Bantu:
      • Nyoro (J11): eiguru (“sky”)
      • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ijuru (“heaven”)
      • Luganda (J15): eggulu (“heaven”)
      • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): egulu
      • Gwere (J17): ngulu
    • Northeast Coast Bantu:
      • Swahili (G42): juu (“up, above, top”)
  • Bemba (M42): muulu (“sky, heaven”)
  • Shona (S10): pauzuru (“above”), kuuzuru
  • Southern Bantu:
    • Nguni:
      • Northern Ndebele (S44): izulu (“rain”)
      • Southern Ndebele (S407): izulu (“rain”)
      • Swazi (S43): litulu (“rain, thunder”)
      • Xhosa (S41): izulu (“heaven, sky”)
      • Zulu (S42): izulu (“heaven, sky, weather”)