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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-jɪ́ta
Proto-Bantu
Verb
*-jɪ́ta (infinitive *kʊ̀jɪ́ta)[1]
- to call
Descendants
From *-jɪ́t-a:
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -ita
- Swahili (G42): -ita
- Zulu (S42): -etha, -tha
From *-jɪ́t-an-a (associative):
- Chichewa (N31): -itana
From *-jít-an-a:
- Shona (S10): -dana
From *-jɪ́t-at-a (tentive):
- Nguni:
- Swazi (S43): -tsatsa
- Xhosa (S41): -thatha
- Zulu (S42): -thatha
From *-jɪ́t-ab-a ("answer"):
- Chichewa (N31): -itaŵa
From *-ját-ab-a ("answer"):
- Duala (A24): álaɓɛ́
- Sotho-Tswana:
- Northern Sotho (S32): araba
- Sotho (S33): araba
- → Phuthi (S404): -araba
- Tswana (S31): araba
References
- Entry 3379 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3