Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-jìja

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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

Alternative forms

*-jìnja

Verb

*-jìja (infinitive *kʊ̀ )^[1]

to come

Descendants

From *-jìja.

Chichewa (N31): -dza
Great Lakes Bantu:
- Luganda (J15): -jja
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -za
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Phuthi (S404): -ta
  - Swazi (S43): -ta
  - Xhosa (S41): -za
  - Zulu (S42): -za
- Tswa-Ronga:
  - Tsonga (S53): -ta
Swahili (G42): -ja

From *-jìnja

Southern Bantu:
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): tla
  - Sotho (S33): tla
  - Tswana (S31): tla

References

^ Entry 3425 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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