Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́

→ Phuthi bînî (inherited)

→ Hausa biyu (cognate)

→ Kikuyu ĩrĩ (inherited)

→ Northern Ndebele bili (inherited)

→ Southern Ndebele bili (inherited)

→ Northern Sotho pedi (inherited)

→ Swazi bili (inherited)

→ Sotho pedi (inherited)

→ Swahili wili (inherited)

→ Tswana bedi (inherited)

→ Tsonga mbirhi (inherited)

→ Venda mbili (inherited)

→ Xhosa bini (inherited)

→ Yao wili (inherited)

→ Zulu bili (inherited)