Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-tátʊ̀

Alternative forms

 * *-cátʊ̀
 * *-cácʊ̀

Etymology
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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.

Adjective

 * 1) three

Descendants

 * Proto-Jarawan: *tatu
 * Thagiicu:
 * Northeast Coast Bantu:
 * Nyasa:
 * Southern Bantu:
 * Nguni:
 * Sotho-Tswana:
 * Nyasa:
 * Southern Bantu:
 * Nguni:
 * Sotho-Tswana:
 * Southern Bantu:
 * Nguni:
 * Sotho-Tswana:
 * Southern Bantu:
 * Nguni:
 * Sotho-Tswana:
 * Sotho-Tswana:
 * Sotho-Tswana:
 * Sotho-Tswana:
 * Sotho-Tswana: