Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìtákò

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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

*ìtákò class 5 (plural *màtákò class 6)^[1]

buttock

Descendants

From ìtákò:

Northeastern Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Luganda (J15): ettako
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): itako (“thigh”)
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Swahili (G42): tako
Chichewa (N31): thako
Kituba (H10A): ditaku
Nzadi (B865): itɔ
Shona (S10): dako

From ìtákʊ̀:

Southern Bantu:
- Sotho-Tswana
  - Northern Sotho (S32): lerago
  - Sotho (S33): lerao, morao
    - → Zulu (S42): umrawu
  - Tswana (S31): lerago
- Tsonga (S53): rhaku

References

^ Entry 2741 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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