Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìtákò

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

*ìtákò class 5 (plural *màtákò class 6)

1. buttock

Descendants

From ìtákò:

• Northeastern Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Luganda (J15): ettako
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): itako (“thigh”)
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili (G42): tako
• Chichewa (N31): thako
• Kituba (H10A): ditaku
• Nzadi (B865): itɔ
• Shona (S10): dako

From ìtákʊ̀:

• Southern Bantu:
  • Sotho-Tswana
    • Northern Sotho (S32): lerago
    • Sotho (S33): lerao, morao
      • → Zulu (S42): umrawu
    • Tswana (S31): lerago
  • Tsonga (S53): rhaku