Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kúmú

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

From *-kúma (“to be rich, to be honoured”).

Noun

*kúmú class 1a (plural *bàkúmú class 2)[1]

  1. chief
  2. medicine man
  3. rich person

Descendants

From kúmú:

  • Northeast Bantu:
  • Nyasa:
    • Tumbuka (N21): fumu (Class 9 but etymologically class 1a)

From nkúmú: (shifted to class 9)

  • Bangi-Tetela:
    • Bangi-Ntomba:
      • Mongo:

References

  1. ^ Entry 2118 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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