Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/njʊ̀gʊ́

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

An innovation in Proto-Bantu, of unknown origin.

Noun

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

Bambara groundnut, Vigna subterranea

Descendants

Boma-Dzing:
- Nzadi (B865): edzuu
Northeast Bantu:
- Thagiicu:
  - Kamba (E55): nzuu
  - Kikuyu (E51): njũgũ
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Ikizu (J402): ɨnzʉgʉ
  - Kabwa (J405): enjugu
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Swahili (G42): njugu
Shona (S10): nzungu (irregular)

References

Entry 1621 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

Bostoen, Koen (2014), "Wild trees in the subsistence economy of early Bantu speech communities: a historical-linguistic approach", in Dorian Q. Fuller and Mary Anne Murray (eds.), African Flora, Past Cultures and Archaeobotany. Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop for African Archaeobotany, London, 3–5 July, 2006 (Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press), 129–140.

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[1] Entry 1621 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3