Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/bìtáà

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

*bìtáà class 8^[1]

war
army

Descendants

Basaa (A43a): gwèt (“war”)
Duala (A24): bilá (“war”)
Boan:
- Bhele (D31): ɓìá
- Kaiku (D312): ɓìá
- Bila (D311): ɓìyó
- Bera (D32): ɓìlá
- Amba (D22): ɓùlɛ̀mɔ̀
Nyali:
- Budu (D332): ɗite
- Ndaka (D333): ɗìté
- Mbo (Congo) (D334): ɗìté
- Vanuma (D331): ɗìté
- Nyali (D33): ɗìté
Ngonda-Ngiri:
- Aka (Central Africa) (C104): bìtá
Northeast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Kabwa (J405): ebhiita
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Northern Ndebele (S44): isitha (“enemy”)
  - Southern Ndebele (S407): isitha (“enemy”)
  - Zulu (S42): isitha (“enemy”)
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): sera (“enemy”)
  - Sotho (S33): sera (“enemy”)
  - Tswana (S31): sera (“enemy”)
- Tsonga (S53): xirha (“enemy”)
- Venda (S20): tshira (“enemy”)
Swahili (G42): vita (“war”), kita (“war, fight”)

References

^ Entry 9207 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 9207 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/bìtáà

Proto-Bantu

Noun

Descendants

References

Wikious

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