| Proto-Grassfields Bantu | bnt-001 |
| *tá | |
| atembwəʼwi | azo-000 | t̆ɖ |
| Baba | bbw-000 | mma[ta |
| Bafanji | bfj-000 | tẅɨ |
| Bikele | biw-001 | lû |
| Bakoko | bkh-000 | li[kɔɔ |
| Bum | bmv-000 | hi[ta |
| Bamukumbit | bqt-000 | tə |
| English | eng-000 | sting |
| français | fra-000 | piquer |
| Ik | ikx-000 | a᷆tsʼēs |
| Limbum | lmp-000 | sāsi |
| Limbum | lmp-000 | ta |
| Kofa | nfu-000 | hyǎ |
| Bapi | pny-000 | taê |
| Tunen | tvu-000 | ɔ[ju]ɛn |