Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìpácà

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

*ìpácà class 5 (plural *màpácà class 6)[1]

a twin

Descendants

Chichewa: phasa
Duala: diwása
Myene: ivaza
Rwanda-Rundi: ihasa
Shona: batya
Southern Bantu:
- Chopi: dihasa
- Nguni:
  - Northern Ndebele: iphahla
  - Zulu: iphahla
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho: lefahla
  - Sotho: lefahla
  - Tswana: lefatlha
- Tsonga: hahlwa
- Venda: ḽifhaṱa
Swahili: pacha

References

Entry 2348 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 2348 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3