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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/bìtáà

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

*bìtáà class 8 [1]

  1. war
  2. army

Descendants
  • Duala: bilá (“war”)
  • Southern Bantu:
    • Nguni:
    • Sotho-Tswana:
      • Northern Sotho: sera (“enemy”)
      • Sotho: sera (“enemy”)
      • Tswana: sera (“enemy”)
    • Tsonga: xirha (“enemy”)
    • Venda: tshira (“enemy”)
  • Swahili: kita (“war”)

References
  1. Entry 9207 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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