Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-bʊ́mba

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.

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Proto-Bantu

Verb

*-bʊ́mba (infinitive *kʊ̀bʊ́mba)[1][2]

to work clay

Usage notes

Bostoen (2007) argues that although the word is morphologically reconstructible to Proto-Bantu, the specialized meaning "to make pottery" is not.

Derived terms

*ìbʊ́mbà

Descendants

Bemba (M42): -bumba
Chichewa (N31): -umba
Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -bumba
Shona (S10): -umba
Swahili (G42): -umba
Southern Bantu:
- Makhuwa (P31): -wuupa
- Nguni:
  - Zunda:
    - Xhosa (S41): -bumba
    - Zulu (S42): -bumba
  - Tekela:
    - Phuthi (S404): -bubha
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): bopa
  - Sotho (S33): bopa
  - Tswana (S31): bopa
- Venda (S20): -vhumba
Swahili (G42): -umba

References

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.

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[1] Entry 333 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[2] Reflexes of *-bʊ́mba at the Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary Database