Appendix:Proto-Kongo reconstructions
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The following list of Proto-Kongo (Proto-Kikongo) reconstructions is from Goes (2016).
Goes (2016)
[edit]BLR (Bantu Lexical Reconstruction) numbers are also given for each Proto-Kikongo reconstruction, as Proto-Kikongo is a descendant of Proto-Bantu.
English gloss | Proto-Kikongo | BLR number |
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divide, give away | *-gàb- | 1274 |
divide | *-gàbʊd- | 1275 |
tie up | *-gàng- | 1331 |
egg | *-gí | 1368 |
bellows | *-gʊ̀bà | 1476 |
spear | *-gòngá | 1448 |
kidney | *-pígò | 2568 |
walk, go | *-gènd | 1362 |
cook, boil | *-dàmb- | 842 |
follow | *-dànd- | 853 |
finger | *-démbó | 923 |
fish with line | *-dób- | 1088 |
vomit | *-dʊ́k- | 1179 |
stone | *tádè | 2726 |
path | *-jìdá | 1594 |
weep | *-dìd | 959 |
finger-nail, toe-nail, claw | *-jádà | 1558 |
bitter, sour, sharp, fierce | *-kádì | 1667 |
tail | *-kídà | 1793 |
death | *-kúídì | 2102 |
birdlime | *-dìmbò | 985 |
weep, shout, wail | *-dìd | 959 |
tongue | *-dɪmi | 973 |
eat | *-dyá | 944 |
tread | *-dɪat | 948 |
puff-adder | *-pɪdɪ | 2508 |
francolin | *-kʊadɪ | 1972 |
bitterness | *-dʊdi | 1166 |
rule over, govern | *-biad | 166 |
boil up | *-bìd | 176 |
be ill | *-béed | 119 |
begin | *-bádɪk | 23 |
begin | *-bánd | 88 |
breast | *-béénè | 147 |
man | *-bàkàdà | 70 |
announce, announce a deatyh | *-bík- | 198 |
stop, shut eyes | *-dibɪkɪd- | 1024 |
to know | *-jíjab | 6207 |
glitter | *-bèng | 153 |
man | *-bàkàda | 70 |
breast | *-béénè | 147 |
arm | *-bókò | 260 |
door | *bédò | 135 |
to sweep | *-kómb- | 1919 |
adult; senior; elder; principal; big; old; mature | *-kʊ́dʊ́- | 2003 |
navel | *-kʊmba | ? |
announce, announce a death | *-bík- | 198 |
boil up, bubble up | *-tòk- | 2967 |
knife bag, basket | *-kʊ́tʊ̀ | 2083 |
eyelash | *-kongɪ | 10015 |
dance, play | *-kín- | 1805 |
red pepper | *-cefu | 10014 |
monkey | *-kímà | 1798 |
woman | *-káíntʊ̀ | 9300 |
tree | *-tí | 2881 |
fear, run away | *-tím- | 2899 |
heart | *-tímà | 2895 |
to stand | *-tédam- | 2816 |
five | *-táànò | 2768 |
buttock, rear part; back | *-tákò | 2741 |
set trap | *-támb- | 2759 |
boil up, bubble up | *-tòk- | 2967 |
put through; thread or string; plait; sew; tie up; build; close (in) | *-tʊ́ng- | ? |
to come from | *-tʊ́ʊk- | 3052 |
to cultivate | *-vááta- | ? |
bear (child); bear (fruit) | *-bʊ́t- | 346 |
to stand | *-tédam- | 2816 |
burn (intr) | *-pí- | 2491 |
bone | *-pìcí | 2506 |
give | *-páan- | 2345 |
breath, rest | *-pʊ́ʊm- | 2647 |
slave | *-pìkà | 2513 |
pound, stamp, beat, forge | *-pònd- | 2607 |
kidney | *-pígò | 2568 |
hide, cover | *-pic | 2563 |
press, squeeze | *-pin- | 2527 |
paddle | *-kapi- | 2725 |
root, base of tree trunk, banana-tree | *-tina | 2926 |
push, push back | *-tind- | 2933 |
bow-string; tendon, vein | *-tinga | 2941 |
nape of neck; neck; occiput | *-koti | 1963 |
one | *-moti | 2212 |
neck; nape; voice | *-kingo | 1845 |
smoke | *-jiki | 3442 |
swell | *-bimb | 240 |
thief | *-jibi | 3396 |
turn round, tr./intr.; wind round, wrap up | *-ding- | 1062 |
bury | *-diɪk | 1044 |
fish, animal | *-bidi | 6135 |
taboo | *-gida | 1397 |
resemble each other | *-puan- | 2670 |
foam | *-pudo- | 2677 |
flour | *-pupu | 5123 |
teach; punish; accuse | *-tund | 3022 |
night | *-tukʊ | 3005 |
red pepper | *-ketu | 10014 |
to die | *-ku- | 2089 |
to kneel | *-kukam | 2111 |
to chew | *-takun- | 2742 |
rain | *-buda | 368 |
abdomen; pregnancy | *-bumo | 375 |
hippopotamus | *-gʊbu | 1480 |
take off (clothes) | *-duʊd | 1241 |
roar, rumble (?) | *-dum | 1256 |
beard; chin | *-dedu | 897 |
tortoise | *-kʊdu | 2015 |
hippopotamus | *-gubʊ | 1532 |
be rotten | *-gund | 1542 |
References
[edit]- Goes, Heidi. 2016. Proto-Kikongo segmental phonology. (February 29, 2016 version.) ACAL 47, 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, March 23-26, 2016.