Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/à-ɓã

This Proto-Yoruboid 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-Yoruboid

Etymology

From *à- +‎ *ɓã, see Proto-Yoruboid *ɓã or Proto-Yoruboid *ɓã̀ (“they”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ɓã̄/

Particle

*à-ɓã

1. Precedes a noun to mark it as plural.

Pronoun

*à-ɓã

1. they (emphatic third-person plural personal pronoun)

Descendants

• Igala: àma
• Edekiri
  • Proto-Itsekiri-SEY
    • Itsekiri: àghan, ghan
    • SEY Yoruba: àghan, ghan
    • Ijebu Yoruba: ọ̀wọn, wọn
  • Proto-Yoruba
    • Ekiti Yoruba: ìn-ọn
    • Yoruba: àwọn, wọn
    • Owe Yoruba: ọ̀
    • Olukumi: àwan
    • Ifè: àŋa