Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kɪ̀bánjá

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

*kɪ̀bánjá class 7 (plural *bìbánjá class 8)[1]

cleared land; plot of land for a house

Descendants

Kongo (H16): mbanza
Mongo (C61): loanja (“courtyard”)
Luba-Kasai (L31): lubanza (“courtyard behind a house”)
Northeastern Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Haya (J22): ekibanja (“field and its premises”)
  - Luganda (J15): ekibanja (“plot”), ebbanja (“debt”)
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ikibanza (“building site”)
  - Sumbwa (F23): lubanza (“trial, tribunal”)
- Bemba (M42): ulubansa (“courtyard”)
- Ila (M63): lubanza (“open space”)
Nyanja:
- Chichewa (N31): banja (“family”)
- Tumbuka (N21): banja (“family”)
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Swazi (S43): libandla (“council”)
  - Xhosa (S41): ibandla (“assembly place, congregation”)
  - Zulu (S42): ibandla (“assembly place, congregation”)

References

Entry 8591 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

Grégoire, Claire (1976), "Le champ sémantique du thème bantu *-bánjá." African Languages/Langues Africaines 2: 1–12.

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[1] Entry 8591 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3