Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-jígua

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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

*-jíngua
*-jímba

Verb

*-jígua (infinitive *kʊ̀ )

to hear

Descendants

From *-jígua.

Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Phuthi (S404): -va
  - Swazi (S43): -va
  - Xhosa (S41): -va
  - Zulu (S42): -zwa

From *-jíngua

Chichewa (N31): -mva
Great Lakes Bantu:
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -umva
Shona (S10): -inzwa
Southern Bantu:
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Kgalagadi (S311): uzwa
  - Northern Sotho (S32): kwa
  - Sotho (S33): utlwa
  - Tswana (S31): utlwa

References

^ Entry 3423 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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