Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-dɪ́a

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

Cognate with Proto-Grassfields *lÍa (“eat”) and Tiv *ya (“eat”)

Verb

*-dɪ́a (infinitive *kʊ̀ )

1. to eat

Descendants

• Basaa (A43a): jɛ́
• Bemba (M42): -lya
• Duala (A24): ɗá
• Chichewa (N31): -dya
• Kikuyu (E51): -rĩa
• Lingala (C30B): -líya
• Luganda (J15): -lya
• Nyoro (J11): -lya
• Makaa-Njem:
  • Kol (Cameroon) (A832): do
  • Koonzime (A842): de
  • Makaa (A83): də
• Maore Comorian (G44D): -ɗya
• Mwani (G403): -rya
• Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): -la
• Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -rya
• Shona (S10): -dya
• Swahili (G42): -la
• Southern Bantu:
  • Chopi (S61): -dia
  • Makhuwa (P31): -lya
  • Nguni:
    • Zunda:
      • Northern Ndebele (S44): -dla
      • Southern Ndebele (S407): -dla
      • Xhosa (S41): -tya, -dla
      • Zulu (S42): -dla
    • Tekela:
      • Lala (South Africa) (S406): -dla
      • Phuthi (S404): -dla
      • Swazi (S43): -dla
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): -ja
    • Sotho (S33): -ja
    • Tswana (S31): -ja
  • Tsonga (S53): -dya
  • Venda (S20): -ḽa