Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/bà-

This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Bantu

Alternative reconstructions

*và-

Prefix

*bà-

Class 2 noun prefix.

Descendants

Bangi-Ntomba:
- Lingala (C30B): ba-
Northeast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Luganda (J15): ba-
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): aba-
  - Tooro (J12): aba-
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Swahili (G42): wa-
Nyasa:
- Chichewa (N31): a-
Shona (S10): va-
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Northern Ndebele (S44): ba-, extended aba-
  - Phuthi (S404): eba-
  - Swazi (S43): ba-
  - Xhosa (S41): ba-, extended aba-
  - Zulu (S42): ba-, extended aba-
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Sotho (S33): ba-
  - Tswana (S31): ba-
- Tsonga (S53): va-
- Venda (S20): vha-

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.