Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/bʊ̀táà

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

*bʊ̀táà class 14 (plural *màtáà class 6)^[1]

bow (for arrows)

Descendants

Northeast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Kabwa (J405): obhuta
Ruwund (L53): ût (“bow, gun”)
Shona (S10): uta (“bow”)
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Zulu (S42): ubutha (“hostility”)
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): bora (“bow”)
  - Tswana (S31): bora (“bow”)
- Venda (S20): vhura (“bow”)
Swahili (G42): uta (“bow”)

Derived terms

*bìtáà (“war, army”)

References

^ Entry 9207 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 9207 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/bʊ̀táà

Proto-Bantu

Noun

Descendants

Derived terms

References

Wikious

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