Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/cé

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

*cé class 1a (plural *bàcé class 2)

1. his father

Descendants

• Great Lakes Bantu
  • Nyoro (J11): ise (“father”)
  • Soga (J16): ise (“father”)
  • Nande (J42): íse (“father”)
  • Haya (J22): ishe (“father”)
  • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): se (“his father”)
  • Luganda (J15): ssezaala (“father-in-law”)
• Sukuma (F31): ise (“father”)
• Kikuyu (E51): ithe (“their father”)
• Gogo (G11): sewo (“father”)
• Sabi
  • Bemba (M42): wishi (“his father”)
  • Lala-Bisa (M51/52): usi (“father”)
• Njila
  • Herero (R30): ihe (“his father, their father”)
  • Umbundu (R11): isiaye (“his father”), isiavo (“their father”)
• Southern Bantu
  • Nguni
    • Zunda
      • Southern Ndebele (S407): uyise (“his father”)
      • Xhosa (S41): uyise (“his father”)
      • Zulu (S42): uyise (“his father”)
    • Tekela
      • Phuthi (S404): wîse (“his father”)
      • Swazi (S43): uyise (“his father”)