Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kímà

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

*kímà class 9 (plural *nkímà class 10)

1. monkey

Descendants

• Northwest Bantu
  • Sawabantu
    • Duala (A24): kéma
• East Bantu
  • Great Lakes Bantu
    • Nande (J42): éngíma
    • Luganda (J15): enkima
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): inkima (“blue monkey”)
    • Swahili (G42): kima
• Central-Western Bantu
  • West Coastal Bantu
    • Kongo (H16): nkima
  • Njila
    • Kimbundu (H21): hima
    • Lunda (L52): hima
    • Herero (R30): Ondjima