Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìkádà

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

Noun

*ìkádà class 5 (plural *màkádà class 6)

1. charcoal
2. embers

Descendants

• Kikuyu (E51): ikara
• Lingala (C30B): likála
• Nzadi (B865): ikaa
• Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ikara
• Shona (S10): gara
• Swahili (G42): kaa, mkaa
• Southern Bantu:
  • Northern Sotho (S32): legala
  • Tswana (S31): legala
  • Venda (S20): mahala