Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-jípata

Verb

 * 1) to hold

Reconstruction notes
Although the first syllable is lost in most reflexes, its existence is revealed by its effects on the first consonant in some languages (e.g. 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬). Thus, this stem can be analyzed as a root *-jíp- with the tentive (contactive) extension *-at-.

Descendants

 * Great Lakes Bantu:
 * Southern Bantu:
 * Nguni:
 * Sotho-Tswana:
 * Southern Bantu:
 * Nguni:
 * Sotho-Tswana:
 * Sotho-Tswana:
 * Sotho-Tswana:
 * Sotho-Tswana:
 * Sotho-Tswana: