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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.
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Proto-Bantu
Etymology
possible cognate outside Bantu in Proto-Grassfields *gÚm`
Noun
cardinal number
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*ìkʊ́mì class 5 (plural *màkʊ́mì class 6)[1]
- ten
Descendants
- Proto-Jarawan: *lum
- Kongo (H16): kùumi
- Northeastern Bantu:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
- Thagiicu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
- Luba-Kasai (L31): dikumi
- Shona (S10): gumi
- Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
- Sotho-Tswana:
- Tswa-Ronga:
References