Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ngòì

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

Compare with Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-kʊ̃̀, Khana kuè, Igbo agụ, Westermann proposes the root ultimately comes from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-gui-.

Noun

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

  1. leopard

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Entry 7154 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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