Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀pátù

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

*mʊ̀pátù class 3 (plural *mɪ̀pátù class 4)

1. Canarium schweinfurthii

Descendants

From mʊ̀pátù:

• Nomaande (A46): puhétú

From mʊ̀pápù:

• Chokwe (K11): mubafo
• Luba-Kasai (L31): mupafu
• Great Lakes Bantu:
  • Haya (J22): omubafu
  • Luganda (J15): omuwafu

See also

• *mʊ̀bɪ́dɪ́ (restricted to Western Bantu)

References

• 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.