Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-gʊ̀a

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

Potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *gwa.

Verb

*-gʊ̀a (infinitive *kʊ̀gʊ̀a)^[1]

to fall

Descendants

Northeast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -gwa

Nyasa:
- Chichewa (N31): -gwa

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

Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Phuthi (S404): -wa
  - Xhosa (S41): -wa
  - Zulu (S42): -wa
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): wa
  - Sotho (S33): wa
  - Tswana (S31): wa
- Tswa-Ronga:
  - Tsonga (S53): wa
- Venda (S20): wa

References

^ Entry 1466 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3