Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-kúa
Proto-Bantu
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- . Compare Yoruba kú (from Proto-Yoruboid *kpú or Proto-Yoruboid *kú ), Igala kwú, Tiv *kpe, Ibibio *kpa, Proto-Jukunoid *kwu-, Proto-Edoid *ghu, Ewe *kuku and Awing *kfu (from Proto-Grassfields *kÚ(a)).
Verb
- to die
Derived terms
Descendants
- Northeast Bantu:
- Northeast Bantu:
- Rufiji-Ruvuma:
- Ruvuma:
- Yao (Africa) (P21): -wa
- Ruvuma:
- Southern Bantu:
- Makua:
- Makhuwa-Meetto (P31B): -khwa
- Lomwe (P32): -khwa
- Malawi Lomwe (P331): -khwa
- Makua:
- Southern Bantu: