Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/nyaka
Proto-Bantu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Niger-Congo *na.[1] Found mostly in the northwest Bantu languages of Gabon and Cameroon, and lost in virtually all other Bantu languages during their migrations through the congo forest, due to the impossibility of cattle keeping.[2][3][4][5]
Cognates outside Bantu include Proto-Benue-Congo *i-nak, Proto-Grassfields *nàk´, Efik enañ, Wolof nag, Serer nak, Susu ninge, Nigerian Fulfulde nagge, Gbari nako, Jukun Takum anah, Lobi nã (“ox”), Temne Una, Ewe nyi Kam nak, Bena na, Doyayo nayo, Bua nya, Hyam nyak, Idoma ena, Baatonum nee (“ox”), Mende nika
Noun
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The Archaeology of Africa: Food, Metals and Towns[1], (Can we date this quote?), page 73
- ^ From Hunters to Farmers: The Causes and Consequences of Food Production in Africa[2], (Can we date this quote?), page 33
- ^ An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400[3], (Can we date this quote?), pages 133, 135, 142
- ^ The Archaeological and Linguistic Reconstruction of African History[4], (Can we date this quote?), page 61
- ^ The Archaeology of Africa: Food, Metals and Towns[5], (Can we date this quote?), page 73
- ^ The Archaeological and Linguistic Reconstruction of African History[6], (Can we date this quote?), page 61
- ^ Patterns of Bantu and Central Sudanic Settlement in Central and Southern Africa (ca. 1000 BC-500 AD)[7], (Can we date this quote?), page 66