Proto-Bantu *màtáì

→ Kikuyu mata (inherited)

→ Northern Sotho mare (inherited)

→ Northern Sotho mare (inherited(nso/ve))

→ Nzadi atɛ (inherited)

→ Rwanda-Rundi amate (inherited)

→ Rwanda-Rundi amata (inherited)

→ Shona mate (inherited)

→ Swazi ematse (inherited)

→ Sotho mathe (inherited)

→ Swahili mate (inherited)

→ Tswana mathe (inherited)

→ Xhosa amathe (inherited)

→ Zulu amathe (inherited)