Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-dɪ́a
Proto-Bantu
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *di- (“to eat”). Cognate with Proto-Grassfields *lÍa (“eat”) and Tiv *ya (“eat”)
Verb
*-dɪ́a (infinitive *kʊ̀dɪ́a)[1]
- to eat
Descendants
- Sawabantu:
- Duala (A24): ɗá
- Northeast Bantu:
- Kikuyu-Kamba:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
- Sabaki:
- Swahili:
- Comorian:
- Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): -la
- Maore Comorian (G44D): -ɗya
- Great Lakes Bantu:
- Nyoro-Ganda:
- Masaba-Luhya:
- Nyole (Uganda) (J35): -lya
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -rya
- Sabaki:
- Rufiji-Ruvuma:
- Ruvuma:
- Yao (Africa) (P21): -lya
- Ruvuma:
- Southern Bantu: