Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-kúa

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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- . Compare Yoruba kú (from Proto-Yoruboid *kpú or Proto-Yoruboid *kú ), Igala kwú, Tiv *kpe, Ibibio *kpa, Proto-Jukunoid *kwu-, Proto-Edoid *ghu, Ewe *kuku and Awing *kfu (from Proto-Grassfields *kÚ(a)).

Verb

*-kúa (infinitive *kʊ̀- )^[1]

to die

Derived terms

*nkúà (“death”)

Descendants

Kongo (H16): -fwa

Northeast Bantu:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Sabaki:
    - Swahili:
      - Swahili (G42): -fa
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Nyoro-Ganda:
    - Luganda (J15): -fa
    - Gwere (J17): -fa
  - Masaba-Luhya:
    - Nyole (Uganda) (J35): -fa
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -pfa

Rukwa:
- Mwika:
  - Nyamwanga (M22): -fwa

Sabi:
- Bemba (M42): -fwa

Nyasa:
- Tumbuka (N21): -fwa
- Chichewa (N31): -fa
  - Sena:
    - Nsenga (N41): -fwa
    - Nyungwe (N43): -fa

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

Southern Bantu:
- Makua:
  - Malawi Lomwe (P331): -khwa
  - Lomwe (P32): -khwa
- Nguni: *-fá
  - Phuthi: -fá
  - Swazi: -fá
  - Xhosa: -fá
  - Zulu: -fá
- Shona (S10): -fa
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): -hwa
  - Sotho (S33): -shwa
  - Tswana (S31): -swa
- Tswa-Ronga:
  - Tsonga (S53): -fa
- Venda (S20): -fa

References

^ Entry 2089 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 2089 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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