"ngòmbè" meaning in Proto-Bantu

See ngòmbè in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ngòmbè [class-10, plural]
Etymology: A Mashariki (Eastern Bantu) word borrowed from an extinct, unknown language in East Africa in the late first millennium BC. Later spread to Western Bantu languages.
  1. cow/ox, cattle (irrespective of sex) Tags: class-9, reconstruction
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      "text": "Central Western Bantu:"
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            "1": "lun",
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            "1": "kg",
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          "name": "bnt-desc"
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      "text": "Kongo (H16): ngômbe"
    },
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      "depth": 4,
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          "args": {
            "1": "pln",
            "2": "ngombe",
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          "expansion": "→ Palenquero: ngombe",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "→ Palenquero: ngombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-lbn"
          },
          "expansion": "Luban:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luban:"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lu",
            "2": "-"
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          "expansion": "Luba-Katanga",
          "name": "cog"
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          "args": {
            "1": "lu",
            "2": "ñombe"
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          "expansion": "Luba-Katanga (L33): ñombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Luba-Katanga (L33): ñombe"
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "ln",
            "2": "-"
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          "expansion": "Lingala",
          "name": "cog"
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          "args": {
            "1": "ln",
            "2": "ngɔ́mbɛ́"
          },
          "expansion": "Lingala (C30B): ngɔ́mbɛ́",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Lingala (C30B): ngɔ́mbɛ́"
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Bantu:"
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-bne"
          },
          "expansion": "Northeast Bantu:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northeast Bantu:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-glb"
          },
          "expansion": "Great Lakes Bantu:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Great Lakes Bantu:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "luy",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Luhya",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "luy",
            "2": "ing'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Luhya (J32): ing'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luhya (J32): ing'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "guz",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Gusii",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "guz",
            "2": "eng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Gusii (J42): eng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gusii (J42): eng'ombe"
    },
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      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nuj",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Nyole (Uganda)",
          "name": "cog"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nuj",
            "2": "eŋombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Nyole (Uganda) (J35): eŋombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-kka"
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          "expansion": "Kikuyu-Kamba:",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Kikuyu-Kamba:"
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      "depth": 4,
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            "1": "kam",
            "2": "-"
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          "expansion": "Kamba",
          "name": "cog"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kam",
            "2": "ng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Kamba (E55): ng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kamba (E55): ng'ombe"
    },
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      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ki",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Kikuyu",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ki",
            "2": "ng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Kikuyu (E51): ng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-ncb"
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          "expansion": "Northeast Coast Bantu:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northeast Coast Bantu:"
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      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wmw",
            "2": "-"
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          "expansion": "Mwani",
          "name": "cog"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wmw",
            "2": "ng'ombe"
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          "expansion": "Mwani (G403): ng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mwani (G403): ng'ombe"
    },
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      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "-"
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          "expansion": "Swahili",
          "name": "cog"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "ng'ombe"
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          "expansion": "Swahili (G42): ng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swahili (G42): ng'ombe"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mg",
            "2": "omby",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malagasy: omby",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malagasy: omby"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-ruk"
          },
          "expansion": "Rukwa:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Rukwa:"
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    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-run"
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          "expansion": "Rungwe:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Rungwe:"
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      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nyy",
            "2": "-"
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          "expansion": "Nyakyusa",
          "name": "cog"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nyy",
            "2": "ing'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Nyakyusa (M31): ing'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nyakyusa (M31): ing'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-nys"
          },
          "expansion": "Nyasa:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nyasa:"
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tog",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Tonga (Malawi)",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tog",
            "2": "ng'ombi"
          },
          "expansion": "Tonga (Malawi) (N15): ng'ombi",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tonga (Malawi) (N15): ng'ombi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tum",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Tumbuka",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tum",
            "2": "ng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Tumbuka (N21): ng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tumbuka (N21): ng'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ny",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Chichewa",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ny",
            "2": "ng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Chichewa (N31): ng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chichewa (N31): ng'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-sho"
          },
          "expansion": "Shona:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shona:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sn",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Shona",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sn",
            "2": "mombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Shona (S10): mombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sn",
            "2": "n'ombe",
            "nolb": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "n'ombe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shona (S10): mombe, n'ombe"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-sbo"
          },
          "expansion": "South Boma:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "South Boma:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-mak"
          },
          "expansion": "Makua:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Makua:"
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      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "vmw",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Makhuwa",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vmw",
            "2": "inyompe"
          },
          "expansion": "Makhuwa (P31): inyompe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Makhuwa (P31): inyompe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lon",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Malawi Lomwe",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lon",
            "2": "eng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Malawi Lomwe (P331): eng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Malawi Lomwe (P331): eng'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "chw",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Chuabo",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "chw",
            "2": "ng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Chuabo (P34): ng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chuabo (P34): ng'ombe"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "A Mashariki (Eastern Bantu) word borrowed from an extinct, unknown language in East Africa in the late first millennium BC. Later spread to Western Bantu languages.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ngòmbè",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Bantu",
  "lang_code": "bnt-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngòmbè",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Bantu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Bantu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      "glosses": [
        "cow/ox, cattle (irrespective of sex)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ngòmbè-bnt-pro-noun-IPrY83-R",
      "links": [
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ],
        [
          "ox",
          "ox"
        ],
        [
          "cattle",
          "cattle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-9",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ngòmbè"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Central Western Bantu:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-swb"
          },
          "expansion": "Southwest Bantu:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Southwest Bantu:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hz",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Herero",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hz",
            "2": "ongombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Herero (R30): ongombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Herero (R30): ongombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "umb",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Umbundu",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "umb",
            "2": "ngombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Umbundu (R11): ngombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Umbundu (R11): ngombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-kmb"
          },
          "expansion": "Kimbundu:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kimbundu:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmb",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Kimbundu",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmb",
            "2": "ngombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Kimbundu (H21): ngombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kimbundu (H21): ngombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-lun"
          },
          "expansion": "Lunda:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lunda:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lun",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Lunda",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lun",
            "2": "ñombi"
          },
          "expansion": "Lunda (L52): ñombi",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lunda (L52): ñombi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Coastal Bantu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nzd",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Nzadi",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nzd",
            "2": "ŋgwɔm"
          },
          "expansion": "Nzadi (B865): ŋgwɔm",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nzadi (B865): ŋgwɔm"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kg",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Kongo",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kg",
            "2": "ngômbe"
          },
          "expansion": "Kongo (H16): ngômbe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kongo (H16): ngômbe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pln",
            "2": "ngombe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Palenquero: ngombe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Palenquero: ngombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-lbn"
          },
          "expansion": "Luban:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luban:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lu",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Luba-Katanga",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lu",
            "2": "ñombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Luba-Katanga (L33): ñombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luba-Katanga (L33): ñombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ln",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Lingala",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ln",
            "2": "ngɔ́mbɛ́"
          },
          "expansion": "Lingala (C30B): ngɔ́mbɛ́",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lingala (C30B): ngɔ́mbɛ́"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Bantu:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-bne"
          },
          "expansion": "Northeast Bantu:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northeast Bantu:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-glb"
          },
          "expansion": "Great Lakes Bantu:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Great Lakes Bantu:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "luy",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Luhya",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "luy",
            "2": "ing'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Luhya (J32): ing'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luhya (J32): ing'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "guz",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Gusii",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "guz",
            "2": "eng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Gusii (J42): eng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gusii (J42): eng'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nuj",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Nyole (Uganda)",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nuj",
            "2": "eŋombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Nyole (Uganda) (J35): eŋombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nyole (Uganda) (J35): eŋombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-kka"
          },
          "expansion": "Kikuyu-Kamba:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kikuyu-Kamba:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kam",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Kamba",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kam",
            "2": "ng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Kamba (E55): ng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kamba (E55): ng'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ki",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Kikuyu",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ki",
            "2": "ng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Kikuyu (E51): ng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kikuyu (E51): ng'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-ncb"
          },
          "expansion": "Northeast Coast Bantu:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northeast Coast Bantu:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wmw",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Mwani",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wmw",
            "2": "ng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Mwani (G403): ng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mwani (G403): ng'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Swahili",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "ng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Swahili (G42): ng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swahili (G42): ng'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mg",
            "2": "omby",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malagasy: omby",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malagasy: omby"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-ruk"
          },
          "expansion": "Rukwa:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Rukwa:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-run"
          },
          "expansion": "Rungwe:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Rungwe:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nyy",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Nyakyusa",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nyy",
            "2": "ing'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Nyakyusa (M31): ing'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nyakyusa (M31): ing'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-nys"
          },
          "expansion": "Nyasa:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nyasa:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tog",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Tonga (Malawi)",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tog",
            "2": "ng'ombi"
          },
          "expansion": "Tonga (Malawi) (N15): ng'ombi",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tonga (Malawi) (N15): ng'ombi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tum",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Tumbuka",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tum",
            "2": "ng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Tumbuka (N21): ng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tumbuka (N21): ng'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ny",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Chichewa",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ny",
            "2": "ng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Chichewa (N31): ng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chichewa (N31): ng'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-sho"
          },
          "expansion": "Shona:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shona:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sn",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Shona",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sn",
            "2": "mombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Shona (S10): mombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sn",
            "2": "n'ombe",
            "nolb": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "n'ombe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shona (S10): mombe, n'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-sbo"
          },
          "expansion": "South Boma:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "South Boma:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnt-mak"
          },
          "expansion": "Makua:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Makua:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vmw",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Makhuwa",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vmw",
            "2": "inyompe"
          },
          "expansion": "Makhuwa (P31): inyompe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Makhuwa (P31): inyompe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lon",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Malawi Lomwe",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lon",
            "2": "eng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Malawi Lomwe (P331): eng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Malawi Lomwe (P331): eng'ombe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "chw",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Chuabo",
          "name": "cog"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "chw",
            "2": "ng'ombe"
          },
          "expansion": "Chuabo (P34): ng'ombe",
          "name": "bnt-desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Chuabo (P34): ng'ombe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A Mashariki (Eastern Bantu) word borrowed from an extinct, unknown language in East Africa in the late first millennium BC. Later spread to Western Bantu languages.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ngòmbè",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Bantu",
  "lang_code": "bnt-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngòmbè",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Bantu class 9 nouns",
        "Proto-Bantu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Bantu lemmas",
        "Proto-Bantu nouns",
        "Proto-Bantu terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Requests for date",
        "bnt-pro:Mammals"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cow/ox, cattle (irrespective of sex)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ],
        [
          "ox",
          "ox"
        ],
        [
          "cattle",
          "cattle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-9",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ngòmbè"
}

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