Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́dì

→ Bemba mbushi (inherited)

→ Phuthi ibhûtî (inherited)

→ Kikuyu mbũri (inherited)

→ Luganda embuzi (inherited)

→ Southern Ndebele imbuzi (inherited)

→ Chichewa mbuzi (inherited)

→ Shona mbudzi (inherited)

→ Swazi imbuti (inherited)

→ Sotho podi (inherited)

→ Swahili mbuzi (inherited)

→ Tswana podi (inherited)

→ Tsonga mbuti (inherited)

→ Tumbuka mbuzi (inherited)

→ Venda mbudzi (inherited)

→ Mwani mbuzi (inherited)

→ Xhosa imbuzi (inherited)

→ Zulu imbuzi (inherited)