Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/màcángʊ́

Etymology
Likely related by inheritance and semantic shift, but perhaps by borrowing, to various terms for maize in Niger-Congo, including the stem *-sáŋ in Eastern Grassfields, and farther afield, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) millet or pearl millet

Descendants


Borrowed from a Bantu language spoken on the Atlantic coast:

Borrowed from a Bantu language spoken in Angola or Zambia: