Proto-Bantu *ìkádà

→ Kikuyu ikara (inherited)

→ Lingala likála (inherited)

→ Northern Sotho legala (inherited)

→ Nzadi ikaa (inherited)

→ Rwanda-Rundi ikara (borrowed)

→ Shona gara (inherited)

→ Swahili kaa (inherited)

→ Tswana legala (inherited)

→ Venda mahala (inherited)