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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kɪ̀kʊ̀á

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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

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Etymology

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Cognate with the Lower Cross River word for Dioscorea dumetorum.

Noun

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*kɪ̀kʊ̀á class 7 (plural *bìkʊ̀á class 8)[1]

  1. yam, probably Dioscorea cayennensis

Descendants

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References

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  • Bostoen, Koen (2014), "Wild trees in the subsistence economy of early Bantu speech communities: a historical-linguistic approach", in Dorian Q. Fuller and Mary Anne Murray (eds.), African Flora, Past Cultures and Archaeobotany. Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop for African Archaeobotany, London, 3–5 July, 2006 (Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press), 129–140.