Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-mòì

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

Possible cognates outside Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *mòk´

Adjective

cardinal number

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*-mòì

1. one

Descendants

• Proto-Jarawan: *moko
• Machame (E621B): mwi
• Nzadi (B865): mmo
• Gusii (J42): eyemo
• Ikizu (J402): imwe
• Embu (E52): imwe
• Rukiga (J14): emwe
• Taita (E74): imweri
• Kabwari (J56): mwe
• Pare (G22): mwe
• Kamba (E55): imwe
• Chichewa (N31): -modzi
• Kikuyu (E51): -mwe
• Luba-Kasai (L31): -mwa
• Luganda (J15): -mu
• Tooro (J12): -mu
• Kimbundu (H21): -moxi
• Mbunda (K15): -mo
• Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -mwe
• Shona (S10): -mwe
• Swahili (G42): -moja, mosi
• Kongo (H16): mosi
• Southern Bantu:
  • Proto-Nguni (): *-nye
    • Northern Ndebele (S44): -nye
    • Phuthi (S404): -nye
    • Swazi (S43): -nye
    • Xhosa (S41): -nye
    • Zulu (S42): -nye
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Sotho (S33): -nngwe
    • Tswana (S31): -ngwe
  • Tsonga (S53): n'we