Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-kúa

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

Etymology

From Proto-Atlantic-Congo. Compare Yoruba kú (from Proto-Yoruboid *kpú or Proto-Yoruboid *kú ), Igala kwú, Tiv *kpe, Ibibio *kpa, Proto-Jukunoid *kwu-, Proto-Edoid *ghu, Ewe *kuku and Awing *kfu (from Proto-Grassfields *kÚ(a)).

Verb

*-kúa (infinitive *kʊ̀ )[1]

to die

Descendants

Kongo (H16): -fwa
Great Lakes Bantu:
- Luganda (J15): -fa
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -pfa
Northeast Bantu:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Swahili (G42): -fa
Nyasa:
- Chichewa (N31): -fa
Sabi:
- Bemba (M42): -fwa
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni: *-fá
  - Phuthi: -fá
  - Swazi: -fá
  - Xhosa: -fá
  - Zulu: -fá
- Shona (S10): -fa
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): -hwa
  - Sotho (S33): -shwa
  - Tswana (S31): -swa
- Tswa-Ronga:
  - Tsonga (S53): -fa
- Venda (S20): -fa

References

Entry 2089 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 2089 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3