Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngòmà

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 of Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *ŋgòm` (“drum”)

Noun

*ngòmà class 9 (plural *ngòmà class 10)[1]

drum
(possibly) dance

Descendants

Bwisi (B401): ngoma
Northeast Bantu
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Luganda (J15): engoma
  - Nyoro (J11): engoma
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ingoma
  - Nyankole (J13): engoma
  - Bukusu (J31D): engoma
  - Nyole (Uganda) (J35): engoma
  - Gwere (J17): ngoma
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Mwani (G403): ngoma
  - Swahili (G42): ngoma
Kongo (H16): ngoma
Bemba (M42): ing’oma
Nyasa:
- Chichewa (N31): ng'oma
- Tumbuka (N21): ng'oma
Nzadi (B865): ŋgɔm
Ruwund (L53): ngam
Shona (S10): ngoma
Tsonga (S53): ngoma
Proto-Nguni: *íngoma
- Northern Ndebele: ingoma
- Swazi: íngoma
- Xhosa: íngoma
- Zulu: íngoma

References

Entry 1429 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 1429 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3