Proto-Bantu *-bʊ́mba

→ Phuthi bubha (inherited)

→ Northern Sotho bopa (inherited)

→ Chichewa umba (inherited)

→ Rwanda-Rundi bumba (inherited)

→ Shona umba (inherited)

→ Sotho bopa (inherited)

→ Swahili umba (inherited)

→ Tswana bopa (inherited)

→ Venda vhumba (inherited)

→ Xhosa bumba (inherited)

→ Zulu bumba (inherited)