Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-bʊ́mba
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Proto-Bantu[edit]
Verb[edit]
*-bʊ́mba (infinitive *kʊ̀ )[1][2]
- to work clay
Usage notes[edit]
Bostoen (2007) argues that although the word is morphologically reconstructible to Proto-Bantu, the specialized meaning "to make pottery" is not.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Bemba (M42): -bumba
- Chichewa (N31): -umba
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -bumba
- Shona (S10): -umba
- Swahili (G42): -umba
- Southern Bantu:
- Swahili (G42): -umba
References[edit]
- Bostoen, Koen (2007). "Pots, words and the Bantu Problem: On Lexical reconstruction and early African history". The Journal of African History 48:2, pp. 173-199.