Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀jákà

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

*mʊ̀jákà class 3 (plural *mɪ̀jákà class 4)

1. year
2. growing season

Descendants

• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): chaka
  • Tumbuka (N21): caka
• Northeastern Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili (G42): mwaka
    • Mwani (G403): mwaka
  • Thagiicu:
    • Kikuyu (E51): mwaka
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Luganda (J15): omwaka
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): umwaka
    • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): omwaha
    • Gwere (J17): mwaka
    • Gungu (J101): mwaka
    • Ikizu (J402): umwaka
    • Kabwa (J405): omwaka
• Shona (S10): mwaka (“season”)
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Zunda:
      • Xhosa (S41): umnyaka
      • Zulu (S42): unyaka
    • Tekela:
      • Swazi (S43): umnyaka
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Sotho (S33): ngwaha
    • Tswana (S31): ngwaga
  • Venda (S20): ṅwaha