Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/màkútà

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

*màkútà class 6

1. oil; fat

Descendants

• Northeastern Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili (G42): mafuta
      • → Lingala (C30B): mafúta
    • Mwani (G403): mafuta
    • Maore Comorian (G44D): matra
    • Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): mafura
    • Ndzwani Comorian (G44b): matra
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): amavuta
    • Luganda (J15): amafuta
  • Thagiicu:
    • Kamba (E55): maota
    • Kikuyu (E51): maguta
• Bemba (M42): mafuta
• Chichewa (N31): mafuta
• Duala (A24): mǔla
• Nzadi (B865): mɛɛ
• Shona (S10): mafuta
• Southern Bantu:
  • Makhuwa (P31): makhura
  • Nguni:
    • Lala (South Africa) (S406): mafutsa
    • Northern Ndebele (S44): amafutha
    • Phuthi (S404): emafutsha
    • Swazi (S43): emafutsa
    • Xhosa (S41): amafutha
    • Zulu (S42): amafutha
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): makhura
    • Sotho (S33): mafura
    • Tswana (S31): mafura
  • Tsonga (S53): mafurha
  • Venda (S20): mapfura