Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/tààtá

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

Cognates outside Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *tàtV´ (“father”), Tiv *ter (“father”) and Anaang ete (“father”).

Noun

*tààtá class 1a (plural *bàtààtá class 2)

1. (my) father

Descendants

• Duala (A24): tetè
• Central Western Bantu
  • Kongo (H16): tata
  • Lingala (C30B): tata
  • Luba-Katanga (L33): tata
  • Njila
    • Herero (R30): tate
    • Lunda (L52): tata
    • Kimbundu (H21): tata
    • Umbundu (R11): tate
• East Bantu
  • Bemba (M42): bataata
  • Great Lakes Bantu
    • Luganda (J15): taata
    • Haya (J22): taata
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): dātá
    • Kuria (J43): tata
    • Kwaya (J251): rata

• Nyasa:
  • Tumbuka (N21): dada

• Southern Bantu
  • Sotho (S33): ntate
  • Makhuwa (P31): tiithi
  • Wanji (G66): hata
  • Mpoto (N14): tati
  • Bungu (F25): tai