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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/
bìtáà
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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.
Contents
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Proto-Bantu
1.1
Noun
1.1.1
Descendants
1.2
References
Proto-Bantu
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Noun
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*bìtáà
class
8
[1]
war
army
Descendants
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Basaa
(
A43a
):
gwèt
(
“
war
”
)
Duala
(
A24
):
bilá
(
“
war
”
)
Boan:
Bhele
(
D31
):
ɓìá
Kaiku
(
D312
):
ɓìá
Bila
(
D311
):
ɓìyó
Bera
(
D32
):
ɓìlá
Amba
(
D22
):
ɓùlɛ̀mɔ̀
Nyali:
Budu
(
D332
):
ɗite
Ndaka
(
D333
):
ɗìté
Mbo (Congo)
(
D334
):
ɗìté
Vanuma
(
D331
):
ɗìté
Nyali
(
D33
):
ɗìté
Ngonda-Ngiri:
Aka (Central Africa)
(
C104
):
bìtá
Northeast Bantu:
Great Lakes Bantu:
Kabwa
(
J405
):
ebhiita
Southern Bantu:
Nguni:
Northern Ndebele
(
S44
):
isitha
(
“
enemy
”
)
Southern Ndebele
(
S407
):
isitha
(
“
enemy
”
)
Zulu
(
S42
):
isitha
(
“
enemy
”
)
Sotho-Tswana:
Northern Sotho
(
S32
):
sera
(
“
enemy
”
)
Sotho
(
S33
):
sera
(
“
enemy
”
)
Tswana
(
S31
):
sera
(
“
enemy
”
)
Tsonga
(
S53
):
xirha
(
“
enemy
”
)
Venda
(
S20
):
tshira
(
“
enemy
”
)
Swahili
(
G42
):
kita
(
“
war
”
)
References
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Entry 9207 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3