Proto-Bantu *ngʊ̀dʊ̀bè

→ Bemba ngulube (inherited)

→ Fanagalo ngulube (inherited)

→ Lingala ngulúbɛ (inherited)

→ Northern Ndebele ingulube (inherited)

→ Northern Sotho kolobe (inherited)

→ Chichewa nguluwe (inherited)

→ Rwanda-Rundi ingurube (inherited)

→ Shona nguruve (inherited)

→ Swazi ingulube (inherited)

→ Sotho kolobe (inherited)

→ Swahili nguruwe (inherited)

→ Tswana kolobe (inherited)

→ Tsonga nguluve (inherited)

→ Venda nguluvhe (inherited)

→ Zulu ingulube (inherited)