Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-gɪ̀a

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

Verb

*-gɪ̀a (infinitive *kʊ̀- )^[1]

to go

Descendants

Northeast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Logooli-Kuria:
    - Ikizu (J402): -ja
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -jya

Nyasa:
- Tumbuka (N21): -ya
- Chichewa (N31): -ya

Rufiji-Ruvuma:
- Ruvuma:
  - Yao (P21): -ja

Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Phuthi (S404): -ya
  - Swazi (S43): -ya
  - Xhosa (S41): -ya
  - Zulu (S42): -ya
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): ya
  - Sotho (S33): ya
  - Tswana (S31): ya
- Venda (S20): -ya

References

^ Entry 1371 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3