thatha

== Northern Ndebele == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́t-ata. === Verb === -thátha to take ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Southern Ndebele == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́t-ata. === Verb === -thátha to take to marry ==== Inflection ==== This entry needs an inflection-table template. == Xhosa == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́t-ata. === Verb === -thátha to take ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Zulu == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́t-ata. The proposed semantic change is from "choose" (see -tha) to "take". === Verb === -thátha to take, receive, lay hold of to begin, commence to keep to marry, take a wife ==== Inflection ==== === References === C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “thatha”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “thatha (3.9)”