Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mpàdá

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

Noun

*mpàdá class 9 (plural *mpàdá class 10)[1]

impala

Descendants

Shona (S10): mhara
Swahili (G42): paa
Nyasa:
- Kunda (N42): mphala (“impala”)
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni: *ímpalá
  - Northern Ndebele: impala
  - Swazi: ímpalá
  - Xhosa: ímpalá
  - Zulu: ímpala (with unexpected low tone)
- Makua:
  - Lomwe (P32): epaala (“antelope”)
  - Takwane (P31C): baala (“impala”)
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Tswana (S31): phala
- Tsonga (S53): mhala
- Venda (S20): phala

References

Entry 2355 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 2355 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3