Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-dòga

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

Inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *lòg- (“to bewitch”)

Verb

*-dòga (infinitive *kʊ̀dòga)^[1]

to bewitch
to curse

Derived terms

*mʊ̀dògì (“witch”)/*mʊ̀dògɪ̀ (“witch”)
*bʊ̀dògì (“witchcraft, spell, poison”)

Descendants

Northeast Bantu:
- Kikuyu-Kamba:
  - Kikuyu (E51): -roga
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Sabaki:
    - Mijikenda:
      - Digo (E73): -loga
    - Swahili:
      - Swahili (G42): -roga
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Masaba-Luhya:
    - Nyole (Uganda) (J35): -loga
  - Logooli-Kuria:
    - Ikizu (J402): -roga
    - Kabwa (J405): -roga
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -roga

Nyasa:
- Tumbuka (N21): -lowa
- Chichewa (N31): -lodza

Rufiji-Ruvuma:
- Ruvuma:
  - Yao (P21): -loga

Southern Bantu:
- Makua:
  - Malawi Lomwe (P331): -llowa/-lowa

References

^ Entry 1100 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 1100 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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