Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ncúɪ́

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

Cognates outside Bantu include Ejagham Ǹsí (“fish”), Bamum Nsa (“fish”) and Awing Su (“fish”) (from Proto-Grassfields *Sú`)

Noun

*ncúɪ́ class 9 (plural *ncúɪ́ class 10)

1. fish

Descendants

• Proto-Jarawan: *Nci
• Lunda (L52): inshi
• Bube (A31): cuyi/cue
• Duala (A24): súe
• Bushoong (C83): swey
• Mongo (C61): se
• Bongili (C15): moshwe
• Mbati (C13): swì
• Nzadi (B865): ntswɛ
• Nande (J42): ekitswë
• Gungu (J101): nsu̱
• Bwisi (B401): nsu̱i̱
• Swahili (G42): nswi
• Umbundu (R11): olusi

From *ntúɪ́:

• Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ifi