Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma

→ Lala (South Africa) ma (inherited)

→ Phuthi yema (inherited)

→ Northern Ndebele ma (inherited)

→ Northern Sotho ema (inherited)

→ Swazi ma (inherited)

→ Sotho ema (inherited)

→ Swahili simama (derived)

→ Tswana ema (inherited)

→ Xhosa ma (inherited)

→ Zulu ma (inherited)