Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-jóta
Proto-Bantu
Etymology
Potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-jot- (“to burn (of a fire)”).
Verb
*-jóta (infinitive *kʊ̀jóta)[1]
Derived terms
Related terms
- *njótà (“star”)
Descendants
- Northeast Bantu:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
- Haya-Jita:
- Talinga-Bwisi (J102): -ota
- Masaba-Luhya:
- Nyole (Uganda) (J35): -ota
- Logooli-Kuria:
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -ôta
- Haya-Jita:
- Rufiji-Ruvuma:
- Ruvuma:
- Yao (Africa) (P21): -jota
- Ruvuma:
- Southern Bantu:
- Makua:
- Malawi Lomwe (P331): -ottha
- Makua: