Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/bʊ̀táà

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

*bʊ̀táà class 14 (plural *màtáà class 6)

1. bow (for arrows)

Descendants

• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Kabwa (J405): obhuta
• Ruwund (L53): ût (“bow, gun”)
• Shona (S10): uta (“bow”)
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Zulu (S42): ubutha (“hostility”)
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): bora (“bow”)
    • Tswana (S31): bora (“bow”)
  • Venda (S20): vhura (“bow”)
• Swahili (G42): uta (“bow”)

Derived terms

• *bìtáà (“war, army”)