Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kɪ̀gànjà

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

*kɪ̀gànjà class 7 (plural *bìgànjà class 8)

1. palm of hand

Descendants

• Northeast Bantu:
  • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ikiganza
  • Kabwa (J405): ekisaanyi
  • Swahili (G42): kiganja
  • Tooro (J12): ekiganja
• Nyanja:
  • Chichewa (N31): dzanja
• Shona (S10): chanza
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Lala (South Africa) (S406): sandla
    • Northern Ndebele (S44): isandla
    • Phuthi (S404): sadla
    • Swazi (S43): sandla
    • Xhosa (S41): isandla
    • Zulu (S42): isandla
  • Tsonga (S53): xandla
  • Venda (S20): tshanḓa