Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/cú

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

Noun

*cú class 14 (plural *màcú class 6)

1. face, forehead

Descendants

• Duala (A24): boso (“face”)
• Yombe (H16c): busu (“face”)
• Great Lakes Bantu
  • Nande (J42): obúsö (“face”)
  • Nyankole (J13): obüso (“face”)
  • Tooro (J12): obuso (“forehead”)
  • Haya (J22): obüso (“face”)
  • Jita (J25): obusû (“face”)
  • Luganda (J15): mumaaso (“face”)