Where does “ntja” come from?

ntja (Sotho) comes from Proto-Bantu mbʊ́à, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- — dog.

ntja (Sotho): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “ntja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantumbʊ́àdog
2Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-bhúa-dog
Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- →Every word from Proto-Bantu mbʊ́à →
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