Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀téndé
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Proto-Bantu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Niger-Congo: compare Usaghade útén (“oil palm”), Mandinka téē (“oil palm”), Ga tɛŋ, Yoruba ùdín (“kernel oil”).
Noun
[edit]*mʊ̀téndé class 3 (plural *mɪ̀téndé class 4)[1]
- oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) (possibly originally referring to a young oil palm)
See also
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Akoose (A15C): atên (“raphia palm”)
- Batanga (A32): ilende (“oil palm”)
- Duala (A24): lɛ́ndɛ́ (“oil palm”)
- Kikuyu (E51): ndende (“date palm”)
- Luvale (K14): ndende (“palm oil”)
- Myene (B11): ntɛ́ndɛ́ (“black-fruited oil palm”) (Orungu), ntende (“black-fruited oil palm”) (Nkomi)
- Ntandu Kongo (H16): ntééndé (“young oil palm”) (used in compounds)
- Nyakyusa (M31): ʊnteende (“date palm”)
- Shambala (G23): mténdé (“date palm”)
- Swahili (G42): mtende (“date palm”)
- Tunen (A44): hɛlɛndɛ (“young palm”)
- Umbundu (R11): ondende (“palm oil”)
References
[edit]- Bostoen, Koen (2005), "A diachronic onomasiological approach to early Bantu oil palm vocabulary." Studies in African Linguistics 34 (2): 143–188.