Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/bú

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 *bÚ` (“ashes”)

Noun

*bú class 5 (plural *màbú class 6)[1]

  1. soil, ashes, dust

Descendants

  • Northeast Bantu:
    • Great Lakes Bantu:
      • Nyoro-Ganda:
        • Luganda (J15): bu (“country, land of”), evvu (“ash”)
        • Soga (J16): bu (“country, land of”)
        • Gwere (J17): bu (“country land of”)
        • Rukiga (J14): bu (“country, land of”)
        • Nyoro (J11): bu (“country, land of”)
        • Tooro (J12): bu (“country, land of”)
      • Haya-Jita:
        • Haya (J22): bu (“country, land of”)
      • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): bu (“country, land of”)
      • Luhya (J32): ebu (“country, land of”)
      • Shi (J53): bu (“country, land of”)
      • Nande (J42): eríbü (“ash”)
    • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Kikuyu-Kamba:
      • Kikuyu (E51): bũrũrĩ (“country, land”)

References

  1. ^ Entry 355 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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