Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/cé

*cé class 1a (plural *bàcé class 2)^[1]

1. his/her father

• Great Lakes Bantu:
  • Nyoro (J11): ise (“father”)
  • Soga (J16): ise (“father”)
  • Nande (J42): íse (“father”)
  • Haya (J22): ishe (“father”)
  • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): se (“his/her father”)
  • Luganda (J15): ssezaala (“father-in-law”)
• Sukuma (F31): ise (“father”)
• Kikuyu (E51): ithe (“their father”)
• Gogo (G11): sewo (“father”)
• Sabi:
  • Bemba (M42): wishi (“his/her father”)
  • Lala-Bisa (M51/52): usi (“father”)
• Southwest Bantu:
  • Herero (R30): ihe (“his/her father, their father”)
• Umbundu (R11): isiaye (“his/her father”), isiavo (“their father”)
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Zunda:
      • Southern Ndebele (S407): uyise (“his/her father”)
      • Xhosa (S41): uyise (“his/her father”)
      • Zulu (S42): uyise (“his/her father”)
    • Tekela:
      • Phuthi (S404): wîse (“his/her father”)
      • Swazi (S43): uyise (“his/her father”)