Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mbʊ́dì

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-Atlantic-Congo *-búdi. Cognates outside Bantu include Ibibio ebot (“goat”) and Efik ébòt (“goat”), which possibly link cognates like Yoruba ewúrẹ́ and Igbo ewu, see Proto-Yoruboid *é-ɓó

Noun

*mbʊ́dì class 9 (plural *mbʊ́dì class 10)[1]

  1. goat

Descendants

  • Proto-Jarawan: *mbuli
  • Ngondi-Ngiri:
  • Northwest Bantu:
    • Sawabantu:
  • Central-Western Bantu:
    • Kimbundu:
    • Koyo (C24): mbósì
  • East Bantu:

References

  1. ^ Entry 303 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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