Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-jígua

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

• *-jíngua
• *-jímba

Verb

*-jígua (infinitive *kʊ̀ )

1. to hear

Descendants

From *-jígua.

• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Phuthi (S404): -va
    • Swazi (S43): -va
    • Xhosa (S41): -va
    • Zulu (S42): -zwa

From *-jíngua

• Chichewa (N31): -mva
• Great Lakes Bantu:
  • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -umva
• Shona (S10): -inzwa
• Southern Bantu:
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Kgalagadi (S311): uzwa
    • Northern Sotho (S32): kwa
    • Sotho (S33): utlwa
    • Tswana (S31): utlwa