Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-kèndá

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

Etymology

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Adjective

cardinal number

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*-kèndá

1. nine

Descendants

• Great Lakes Bantu
  • Nande (J42): omwënda
  • Nyoro (J11): mwenda
  • Tooro (J12): mwenda
  • Nyankole (J13): omwenda
  • Haya (J22): omwenda
  • Luganda (J15): mwenda
  • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): icyenda
• Northeast Coast Bantu:
  • Swahili (G42): kenda
• Thagiicu
  • Kikuyu (E51): kenda
  • Kamba (E55): kenda
• Sukuma-Nyamwezi
  • Sukuma (F31): kenda