| This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Cognates outside Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *tàtV´ (“father”), Tiv *ter (“father”) and Anaang ete (“father”).
*tààtá class 1a (plural *bàtààtá class 2)[1]