Appendix:Proto-Mande reconstructions
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The following list of Proto-Mande reconstructions, along with proposed Proto-Niger-Congo reconstructions, is from Vydrin (2016: 120).
List
[edit]| gloss | Proto-Mande | Proto-Niger-Congo |
|---|---|---|
| two | *Pìi-da(ŋ) | *ba-di |
| three | (*sàgba, *yàaka) | *Tati/*Tatu |
| four | *náanì (W) | *nai/*naγi |
| tongue | *lɛɓ̰́ Ṽ | *dem/*lem |
| tree | *yíti | *te/*ti |
| dog | *gbÉlàŋ (?) | *buha |
| to eat | *ɗE (spurious) | *Di |
| mother | *ɗã | *na/*ni |
| white | *púlú | *pu(D) |
| skin | *kpoLo | *kwoto |
| cow | *nìŋka (W) | *nak |
| human | *núu (SW) | *nu/*ni |
| black | *Pi ̰̀ (W) | *bi(D)/*bi(N) |
| chicken | *tɔqɛ | *čoke |
| grandparent, child | *màmá (W) | *mama |
| tooth | *ɲíŋ | *niŋ |
| to cough | (*tiso) | *tu |
| sand | *kɛg̰̀ Ṽ | *cengi |
| to bite | *dóɓũ/*ɗOŋ ‘eat’ | *dum/*lun |
| to pound | *tùgu (Vai-Mokole) | *to |
References
[edit]- Vydrin, Valentin. 2016. Toward a Proto-Mande reconstruction and an etymological dictionary. Faits de Langues 47: 109-124.