Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-ncè
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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
[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