Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/nɲàmà

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 *-jam- or Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nam-. Cognates outside Bantu are Proto-Grassfields *nàm` (“animal”), Tiv *inyam (“meat”), Efik *unam (“meat”) (from Proto-Lower Cross River *ú-nàm (“animal”) and Proto-Edoid *E-nhamhɪ (“animal/meat”)).

Noun

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

  1. animal
  2. meat

Descendants

  • Sawabantu:
  • Kavango-Southwest Bantu:
    • Southwest Bantu:

References

  1. ^ Entry 3180 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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