Proto-Bantu *ngòìnà

→ Lozi kwena (inherited)

→ Northern Ndebele ingwenya (inherited)

→ Southern Ndebele ingwenya (inherited)

→ Northern Sotho kwena (inherited)

→ Chichewa ng'ona (inherited)

→ Rwanda-Rundi ingona (inherited)

→ Shona ngwena (inherited)

→ Swazi ingwenya (inherited)

→ Sotho kwena (inherited)

→ Swahili ngwena (inherited)

→ Tswana kwena (inherited)

→ Tsonga ngwenya (inherited)

→ Tumbuka ng'wina (inherited)

→ Venda ngweṋa (inherited)

→ Xhosa ingwenya (inherited)

→ Zulu ingwenya (inherited)