Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìpàpá

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

Noun

*ìpàpá class 5 (plural *màpàpá class 6)[1]

  1. wing

Descendants

  • Great Lakes Bantu:
  • Southwest Bantu:
  • Lunda:
    • Lunda (L52): mabhabha (“wing”)
  • Duala (A24): dipupulan (“wing”)

References

  1. ^ Entry 2410 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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