Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/bìtáà

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

Noun

*bìtáà class 8

1. war
2. army

Descendants

• Basaa (A43a): gwèt (“war”)
• Duala (A24): bilá (“war”)
• Boan:
  • Bhele (D31): ɓìá
  • Kaiku (D312): ɓìá
  • Bila (D311): ɓìyó
  • Bera (D32): ɓìlá
  • Amba (D22): ɓùlɛ̀mɔ̀
• Nyali:
  • Budu (D332): ɗite
  • Ndaka (D333): ɗìté
  • Mbo (Congo) (D334): ɗìté
  • Vanuma (D331): ɗìté
  • Nyali (D33): ɗìté
• Ngonda-Ngiri:
  • Aka (Central Africa) (C104): bìtá
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Kabwa (J405): ebhiita
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Northern Ndebele (S44): isitha (“enemy”)
    • Southern Ndebele (S407): isitha (“enemy”)
    • Zulu (S42): isitha (“enemy”)
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): sera (“enemy”)
    • Sotho (S33): sera (“enemy”)
    • Tswana (S31): sera (“enemy”)
  • Tsonga (S53): xirha (“enemy”)
  • Venda (S20): tshira (“enemy”)
• Swahili (G42): vita (“war”), kita (“war, fight”)