Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-jɪ́ma

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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

Verb

*-jɪ́ma (infinitive *kʊ̀ )^[1]

to stand
to stop

Descendants

Chichewa (N31): -ima
Swahili (G42): -simama (from an earlier -ima)
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Northern Ndebele (S44): -ma
  - Phuthi (S404): -yema
  - Swazi (S43): -ma
  - Xhosa (S41): -ma
  - Zulu (S42): -ma
- Tswana-Sotho
  - Sotho (S33): -ema
  - Northern Sotho (S32): emella

References

^ Entry 3353 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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