Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/jòngó

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

*jòngó class 9 (plural *njòngó class 10)[1]

brain

Descendants

Sawabantu
- Duala (A24): bôngô
Northeast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu
  - Luganda (J15): obwongo
  - Nande (J42): obóngo
  - Tooro (J12): obwongo
  - Nyankole (J13): obwongko
  - Nyole (Uganda) (J35): obwongo
  - Gwere (J17): bwongo
  - Gungu (J101): b̯wongu
  - Haya (J22): obwôngo
  - Ikizu (J402): ubhwongo
  - Jita (J25): omwongô
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ubwonko
  - Kabwa (J405): obhoongo
Sabi
- Bemba (M42): ubongo
Njila
- Kimbundu (H21): uongo
- Umbundu (R11): owoño

References

Entry 3571 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 3571 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3