Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mpàdá

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

*mpàdá class 9 (plural *mpàdá class 10)

1. impala

Descendants

• Shona (S10): mhara
• Swahili (G42): paa
• Nyasa:
  • Kunda (N42): mphala (“impala”)
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni: *ímpalá
    • Northern Ndebele: impala
    • Swazi: ímpalá
    • Xhosa: ímpalá
    • Zulu: ímpala (with unexpected low tone)
  • Makua:
    • Lomwe (P32): epaala (“antelope”)
    • Takwane (P31C): baala (“impala”)
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Tswana (S31): phala
  • Tsonga (S53): mhala
  • Venda (S20): phala