Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-tákuna

This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed words 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

*-cákuna

Verb

*-tákuna [1]

to chew

Descendants

From *-tákuna:

Chichewa: -tafuna
Ndonga: -taasina
Rwanda-Rundi: -tapfuna
Swahili: -tafuna

From *-cákuna:

Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Xhosa: -hlafuna
  - Zulu: -hlafuna
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Sotho: hlafuna
  - Tswana: tlhafuna

References

Entry 2742 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 2742 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3