Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-bàdɪ́

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

Etymology

Possible cognate outside Bantu are Proto-Grassfields *(í-)bà(l)´.

Adjective

cardinal number

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*-bàdɪ́

1. two

Descendants

From *-bàdɪ́:

• Proto-Jarawan: *bari
• Duala (A24): -ɓǎ
• Herero (R30): -vari
• Kimbundu (H21): -iadi
• Mbunda (K15): -vali
• Umbundu (R11): -vali

From *-bɪ̀dɪ́:

• Haya (J22): bili
• Chichewa (N31): -wiri
• Kikuyu (E51): -ĩrĩ
• Luba-Kasai (L31): -bidi
• Luganda (J15): -biri
• Tooro (J12): -biri
• Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -biri
• Shona (S10): -viri
• Swahili (G42): -wili, pili
• Gusii (J42): ibere
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni: *-bilí
    • Northern Ndebele: -bilí
    • Phuthi: -bînî́ (?)
    • Swazi: -bilí
    • Xhosa: -biní (?)
    • Zulu: -bilí
  • Tsonga (S53): mbirhi
  • Venda (S20): mbili

From *-bèdí:

• Sotho-Tswana:
  • Northern Sotho (S32): -pedi
  • Sotho (S33): -pedi
  • Tswana (S31): -bedi