Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìbèdé

Etymology
A borrowing from 🇨🇬, where it referred to sorghum; compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  pearl millet

Usage notes
Bostoen states that it can be reconstructed to Proto-Eastern Bantu with the meaning "pearl millet".

Descendants

 * East Bantu
 * Northeast Savanna Bantu:
 * Thagiicu
 * Northeast Coast Bantu
 * Nyanja:
 * Nyanja:
 * Nyanja:


 * Southern Bantu:
 * Nguni:
 * Sotho-Tswana:
 * Sotho-Tswana:
 * Sotho-Tswana: