Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-dɪ́a

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

Cognate with Proto-Grassfields *lÍa (“eat”) and Tiv *ya (“eat”)

Verb

*-dɪ́a (infinitive *kʊ̀ )^[1]

to eat

Descendants

Basaa (A43a): jɛ́
Bemba (M42): -lya
Duala (A24): ɗá
Chichewa (N31): -dya
Kikuyu (E51): -rĩa
Lingala (C30B): -líya
Luganda (J15): -lya
Nyoro (J11): -lya
Makaa-Njem:
- Kol (Cameroon) (A832): do
- Koonzime (A842): de
- Makaa (A83): də
Maore Comorian (G44D): -ɗya
Mwani (G403): -rya
Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): -la
Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -rya
Shona (S10): -dya
Swahili (G42): -la
Southern Bantu:
- Chopi (S61): -dia
- Makhuwa (P31): -lya
- Nguni:
  - Zunda:
    - Northern Ndebele (S44): -dla
    - Southern Ndebele (S407): -dla
    - Xhosa (S41): -tya, -dla
    - Zulu (S42): -dla
  - Tekela:
    - Lala (South Africa) (S406): -dla
    - Phuthi (S404): -dla
    - Swazi (S43): -dla
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): -ja
  - Sotho (S33): -ja
  - Tswana (S31): -ja
- Tsonga (S53): -dya
- Venda (S20): -ḽa

References

^ Entry 944 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 944 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-dɪ́a

Proto-Bantu

Etymology

Verb

Descendants

References

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