Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/bà-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *và-

Prefix

*bà-

1. Class 2 noun prefix.

Descendants

• Bangi-Ntomba:
  • Lingala (C30B): ba-
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Luganda (J15): ba-
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): aba-
    • Tooro (J12): aba-
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili (G42): wa-
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): a-
• Shona (S10): va-
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Northern Ndebele (S44): ba-, extended aba-
    • Phuthi (S404): eba-
    • Swazi (S43): ba-
    • Xhosa (S41): ba-, extended aba-
    • Zulu (S42): ba-, extended aba-
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Sotho (S33): ba-
    • Tswana (S31): ba-
  • Tsonga (S53): va-
  • Venda (S20): vha-