Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-kúa

This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Etymology

From Proto-Atlantic-Congo. Compare Yoruba kú (from Proto-Yoruboid *kpú or Proto-Yoruboid *kú ), Igala kwú, Tiv *kpe, Ibibio *kpa, Proto-Jukunoid *kwu-, Proto-Edoid *ghu, Ewe *kuku and Awing *kfu (from Proto-Grassfields *kÚ(a)).

Verb

*-kúa (infinitive *kʊ̀ )

1. to die

Descendants

• Kongo (H16): -fwa
• Great Lakes Bantu:
  • Luganda (J15): -fa
  • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -pfa
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Northeast Coast Bantu:
    • Swahili (G42): -fa
• Nyasa:
  • Chichewa (N31): -fa
• Sabi:
  • Bemba (M42): -fwa
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni: *-fá
    • Phuthi: -fá
    • Swazi: -fá
    • Xhosa: -fá
    • Zulu: -fá
  • Shona (S10): -fa
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): -hwa
    • Sotho (S33): -shwa
    • Tswana (S31): -swa
  • Tswa-Ronga:
    • Tsonga (S53): -fa
  • Venda (S20): -fa