Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-jìja

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

Alternative forms

• *-jìnja

Verb

*-jìja (infinitive *kʊ̀ )

1. to come

Descendants

From *-jìja.

• Chichewa (N31): -dza
• Great Lakes Bantu:
  • Luganda (J15): -jja
  • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -za
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Phuthi (S404): -ta
    • Swazi (S43): -ta
    • Xhosa (S41): -za
    • Zulu (S42): -za
  • Tswa-Ronga:
    • Tsonga (S53): -ta
• Swahili (G42): -ja

From *-jìnja

• Southern Bantu:
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): tla
    • Sotho (S33): tla
    • Tswana (S31): tla