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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-jípata

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.

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Proto-Bantu

Verb

*-jípata (infinitive *kʊ̀jípata)[1]

  1. to hold

Reconstruction notes

Although the first syllable is lost in most reflexes, its existence is revealed by its effects on the first consonant in some languages (e.g. Shona -bata and Sotho tshwara). Thus, this stem can be analyzed as a root *-jíp- with the tentive (contactive) extension *-at-.

Descendants

References
  1. Entry 2414 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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