Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/
-jìja
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 forms
*-jìnja
Verb
*-jìja
(
infinitive
*kʊ̀-
)
[
1
]
to
come
Descendants
From
*-jìja
:
Chichewa
(
N31
):
-dza
Great Lakes Bantu:
Luganda
(
J15
):
-jja
Rwanda-Rundi
(
J61/62
):
-za
Southern Bantu:
Nguni:
Phuthi
(
S404
):
-ta
Swazi
(
S43
):
-ta
Xhosa
(
S41
):
-za
Zulu
(
S42
):
-za
Tswa-Ronga:
Tsonga
(
S53
):
-ta
Swahili
(
G42
):
-ja
From
*-jìnja
:
Southern Bantu:
Sotho-Tswana:
Northern Sotho
(
S32
):
tla
Sotho
(
S33
):
tla
Tswana
(
S31
):
tla
References
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Entry 3425 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3