Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́à

→ Lala (South Africa) imbwa (inherited)

→ Phuthi ijha (inherited)

→ Herero ombwa (inherited)

→ Kwanyama ombwa (inherited)

→ Luganda embwa (inherited)

→ Lingala mbwá (inherited)

→ Luhya imbwa (inherited)

→ Northern Ndebele inja (inherited)

→ Ndonga ombwa (inherited)

→ Southern Ndebele inja (inherited)

→ Northern Sotho mpša (inherited)

→ Nzadi mbva (inherited)

→ Rwanda-Rundi imbwa (inherited)

→ Shona imbwa (inherited)

→ Swazi inja (inherited)

→ Sotho ntja (inherited)

→ Swahili mbwa (inherited)

→ Tswana ntša (inherited)

→ Umbundu ombwa (inherited)

→ Venda mmbwa (inherited)

→ Xhosa inja (inherited)

→ Ngazidja Comorian mɓwa (inherited)

→ Zulu inja (inherited)