Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-káma

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

*-káma (infinitive *kʊ̀- )^[1]

to squeeze
to wring

Descendants

Northeast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -káma (“to milk”)
- Kikuyu-Kamba:
  - Meru (E53): -kama (“to milk”)
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Swahili (G42): -kama (“to milk”)
Shona (S10): -kámá (“to milk”)
Chichewa (N31): -káma (“to milk”)
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Phuthi (S404): -kgáma (“to milk”)
  - Zulu (S42): -khama (“squeeze, press, express, to wring out”)
  - Northern Ndebele (S44): -khama (“to choke”)

Derived terms

*mʊ̀káma

References

^ Entry 1689 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/NC/Public/pdf/PB92list-Shadeberg.pdf

[1] Entry 1689 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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