< Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu
Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-bàdɪ́
Proto-Bantu
Etymology
Possible cognate outside Bantu are Proto-Grassfields *(í-)bà(l)´.
Adjective
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*-bàdɪ́[1]
- two
Descendants
From *-bàdɪ́:
- Proto-Jarawan: *bari
- Duala (A24): -ɓǎ
- Herero (R30): -vari
- Mbunda (K15): -vali
- Umbundu (R11): -vali
From *-bɪ̀dɪ́:
- Haya (J22): bili
- Chichewa (N31): -wiri
- Kikuyu (E51): -ĩrĩ
- Luba-Kasai (L31): -bidi
- Luganda (J15): -biri
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -biri
- Shona (S10): -viri
- Swahili (G42): -wili, pili
- Gusii (J42): ibere
- Southern Bantu:
- Nguni: *-bilí
- Northern Ndebele: -bilí
- Phuthi: -bînî́ (?)
- Swazi: -bilí
- Xhosa: -biní (?)
- Zulu: -bilí
- Tsonga (S53): mbirhi
- Venda (S20): mbili
- Nguni: *-bilí
From *-bèdí:
- Sotho-Tswana:
- Northern Sotho (S32): -pedi
- Sotho (S33): -pedi
- Tswana (S31): -bedi
References
- Entry 36 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3