Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀cáijà

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

Loanword from the extinct Tale Southern Cushitic languages of the Great Lakes. Ultimately from Proto-South Cushitic *sayg- (“mature young man”). Found only in Eastern Bantu languages.[1]

Noun

*mʊ̀cáijà class 1 (plural *bàcáijà class 2)[2]

  1. (Common Bantu) man (as opposed to being a woman)

Usage notes

This term is shared between many Bantu languages, but a single form cannot be formally reconstructed to the level of Proto-Bantu because of historical or linguistic considerations.

Descendants

  • Great Lakes Bantu:
  • Sabi:

References

  1. ^ An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400‎[1], 1998, pages 326, 135, 142
  2. ^ Entry 9282 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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