Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/bá-

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

Potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *ba-

Prefix

*bá-

1. Class 2 pronominal concord.
2. Class 2 subject concord.
3. Class 2 object concord.

Descendants

• Great Lakes Bantu:
  • Luganda (J15): ba-
  • Tooro (J12): ba-

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

• Rufiji-Ruvuma:
  • Ruvuma:
    • Yao (P21): ŵa-

• Southern Bantu:
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Sotho (S33): ba-
  • Nguni: *bá-
    • Northern Ndebele: ba-
    • Phuthi: ba-
    • Swazi: ba-
    • Xhosa: ba-
    • Zulu: ba-