Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-tátʊ̀

This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed words 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

*-cátʊ̀
*-cácʊ̀

Reconstruction

The palatalized forms *-cátʊ̀ and *-cácʊ̀ derive from the leveling of a morphological alternation in which the first consonant was palatalized in class 10.[1]

Adjective

cardinal number
3	Previous:	*-bàdɪ́
3	Next:	*-nàì

*-tátʊ̀ [2]

three

Descendants

From *-tátʊ̀

Kikuyu-Kamba:
- Kamba: kadatu
Mbunda: -tatu
Northeast Coast Bantu:
- Swahili: -tatu
Nyasa:
- Chichewa: -tatu
Rwanda-Rundi: -tatu
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Phuthi: -tshatfu
  - Swazi: -tsatfu
  - Xhosa: -thathu
  - Zulu: -thathu
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho: -tharo
  - Sotho: -tharo
  - Tswana: -raro
- Tsonga: -nharhu
- Venda: -raru

From *-cátʊ̀

Luba-Kasai: -satu
Luganda: -satu

References

Meeussen, A. E. (1973). Comparative Bantu: Test cases for method. African Language Studies, 14, 6–18.
Entry 2811 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Meeussen, A. E. (1973). Comparative Bantu: Test cases for method. African Language Studies, 14, 6–18.

[2] Entry 2811 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3