Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-jípata
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Proto-Bantu[edit]
Verb[edit]
*-jípata (infinitive *kʊ̀ )[1]
- to hold
Reconstruction notes[edit]
Although the first syllable is lost in most reflexes, its existence is revealed by its effects on the first consonant in some languages (e.g. Shona -bata and Sotho tshwara). Thus, this stem can be analyzed as a root *-jíp- with the tentive (contactive) extension *-at-.
Descendants[edit]
- Shona (S10): -bata
- Great Lakes Bantu:
- Luganda (J15): -kwata
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -kwata
- Southern Bantu:
- Swahili (G42): -pata