Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìjínà

This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Bantu

Etymology

Potentially from Proto-Benue-Congo *-zina, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ghínà.

Noun

*ìjínà class 5 (plural *màjínà class 6)[1]

  1. name

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Entry 3464 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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