Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-ncè
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Proto-Bantu[edit]
Reconstruction[edit]
Descendant languages show either a vowel /o/ or /e/ before the stem, which comes from the pronominal stem.[1]
Determiner[edit]
*-ncè[2]
Descendants[edit]
From *-ncè:
From *-cè:
- Rwanda-Rundi: -se
From *-cɪ̀:
- Ndali: -shi
From *-tè:
- Swahili: -ote
From *jónà:
- Tooro: -ona
References[edit]
- ^ Meeussen, A. E. (1973). Comparative Bantu: Test cases for method. African Language Studies, 14, 6–18.
- ^ Entry 500 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3