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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìtákò

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

Noun

*ìtákò class 5 (plural *màtákò class 6) [1]

  1. buttock

Descendants

From ìtákò:

  • Northeastern Bantu:
    • Great Lakes Bantu:
      • Luganda: ettako
      • Rwanda-Rundi: itako (“thigh”)
    • Northeast Coast Bantu:
  • Chichewa: thako
  • Kituba: ditaku
  • Nzadi: itɔ
  • Shona: dako

From ìtákʊ̀:

  • Southern Bantu:
    • Sotho-Tswana
      • Northern Sotho: lerago
      • Sotho: lerao, morao
      • Tswana: lerago
    • Tsonga: rhaku


References
  1. Entry 2741 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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