bìtá

See also: bita

Aka (Central Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bìtáà (“war, army”), derived from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀táà (“bow”).

Noun

bìtá (plural màpìtá)

  1. war

References
  • Daniel Joseph Duke (2001) AKA AS A CONTACT LANGUAGE: SOCIOLINGUISTIC AND GRAMMATICAL EVIDENCE (Thesis)‎, University of Texas at Arlington: SIL International
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