Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìjícò
Proto-Bantu
Etymology
A possible cognate outside Bantu is Jola-Kasa *ji-cil (“eye”). Potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-yíc-.
Noun
*ìjícò class 5 (plural *màjícò class 6)[1]
Descendants
- Proto-Jarawan: *misu
- Akoose (A15C): dǐd
- Duala (A24): dísô
- Bube (A31): iso
- Mongo (C61): iso
- Nzebi:
- Makaa-Njem:
- Boan:
- Nyali:
- Ngondi-Ngiri:
- Bongili (C15): dishɔ
- Mbati (C13): isɔ
- Aka (Central Africa) (C104): mîsɔ
- Nyasa:
- Kongo (H16): disu
- Northeast Bantu:
- Kikuyu-Kamba:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
- Lingala (C30B): lǐso
- Nzadi (B865): dzi
- Umbundu (R11): iso
- Southwest Bantu:
- Bemba (M42): ilinso
- Shona:
- Southern Bantu: