Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/bà-

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

Prefix

*bà-

Class 2 noun prefix.

Alternative reconstructions

*và-

Descendants

Sawabantu:
- Duala (A24): ba-

Sira:
- Punu (B43): ba-

Bangi-Moi:
- Bangi-Ntomba:
  - Lingala (C30B): ba-

Bende (F12): bha-

Northeast Bantu:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Seuta:
    - Zigula (G31): wa-
  - Sabaki:
    - Swahili:
      - Swahili (G42): wa-
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Nyoro-Ganda:
    - Tooro (J12): ba-, extended aba-
    - Luganda (J15): ba-
    - Gwere (J17): ba-, extended aba-
  - Masaba-Luhya:
    - Nyole (Uganda) (J35): aba-
  - Logooli-Kuria:
    - Kabwa (J405): abha-
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): aba-

Kavango-Southwest Bantu:
- Kavango:
  - Kwangali (K33): va-

Mbukushu (K333): ha-

Botatwe:
- Fwe (K402): ba-

Nyasa:
- Tumbuka (N21): ŵa-
- Chichewa (N31): a-

Rufiji-Ruvuma:
- Ruvuma:
  - Yao (P21): ŵa-
  - Mwera (P22): bha-

Kavango-Southwest Bantu:
- Southwest Bantu:
  - Ovambo:
    - Ndonga (R22): aa-
  - Herero (R30): ova-

Southern Bantu:
- Shona (S10): va-

Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Northern Ndebele (S44): ba-, extended aba-
  - Phuthi (S404): eba-
  - Swazi (S43): ba-
  - Xhosa (S41): ba-, extended aba-
  - Zulu (S42): ba-, extended aba-
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Sotho (S33): ba-
  - Tswana (S31): ba-
- Tsonga (S53): va-
- Venda (S20): vha-