Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìpácà

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

*ìpácà class 5 (plural *màpácà class 6)

1. a twin

Descendants

• Great Lakes Bantu
  • Nyoro (J11): amahasha
  • Nyankole (J13): empasha
• Sukuma (F31): mabasa
• Lingala (C30B): lipása
• Chichewa (N31): phasa
• Duala (A24): diwása
• Myene (B11): ivaza
• Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ihasa
• Shona (S10): batya
• Southern Bantu:
  • Chopi (S61): dihasa
  • Nguni:
    • Northern Ndebele (S44): iphahla
    • Phuthi (S404): liphahla
    • Swazi (S43): liphahla
    • Zulu (S42): iphahla
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): lefahla
    • Sotho (S33): lefahla
    • Tswana (S31): lefatlha
  • Tsonga (S53): hahlwa
  • Venda (S20): ḽifhaṱa
• Swahili (G42): pacha