Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mpàdá

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

Noun

*mpàdá class 9 (plural *mpàdá class 10) [1]

impala

Descendants

Swahili: paa
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni: *ímpalá
  - Northern Ndebele: impala
  - Swazi: ímpalá
  - Xhosa: ímpalá
  - Zulu: ímpala (with unexpected low tone)
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Tswana: phala
- Venda: phala

References

Entry 2355 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 2355 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3