Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-páa

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

Verb

*-páa (infinitive *kʊ̀ )

1. to give

Descendants

• Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -ha
• Shona (S10): -pa
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Lala (South Africa) (S406): -pha
    • Phuthi (S404): -pha
    • Swazi (S43): -pha
    • Xhosa (S41): -pha
    • Zulu (S42): -pha
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Sotho (S33): fa
  • Venda (S20): fha
• Swahili (G42): -pa