Proto-Bantu *-jípata

→ Lala (South Africa) phatsa (inherited)

→ Northern Sotho swara (inherited)

→ Shona bata (inherited)

→ Swazi phatsa (inherited)

→ Sotho tshwara (inherited)

→ Swahili pata (inherited)

→ Venda fara (inherited)

→ Xhosa phatha (inherited)

→ Zulu phatha (inherited)