Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/bà-

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 reconstructions

*và-

Prefix

*bà-

Class 2 noun prefix.

Descendants

Bangi-Ntomba:
- Lingala: ba-
Northeast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Luganda: ba-
  - Rwanda-Rundi: aba-
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Swahili: wa-
Nyasa:
- Chichewa: a-
Shona: va-
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Northern Ndebele: ba-, extended aba-
  - Phuthi: eba-
  - Swazi: ba-
  - Xhosa: ba-, extended aba-
  - Zulu: ba-, extended aba-
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Sotho: ba-
  - Tswana: ba-
- Tsonga: va-
- Venda: vha-