Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/à-gbã̀

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

Likely derived from a Proto-Volta-Niger source, (which may have not been nasalized), cognates exist in descendants of many fellow proto-languages in the Volta Niger group, see àgbọ̀n. Perhaps from Proto-Volta-Niger *à-gbà. Cognate with Proto-Igboid *à-gbã̀, Fon gbà, Proto Akokoid àŋgbà, Ayere àngbà (“cheek, jaw”), Idoma agba, Proto-Akpes *àkpàŋ (“jaw”), and Proto-Edoid *-gbhamhɪ, perhaps related to Nupe gbakũn (“cheek”).

The possible Benue-Congo cognates Ibibio mban̄, Ahwai akpaal (Ndun), and Ahwai áŋkpàn (Shakara), Proto-Plateau *m̀-báŋ, may suggest a pre-Volta-Niger origin. See potential cognate Proto-Ijoid *ãgbãã

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡ͡bã̀/

Noun

*à-gbã̀

1. chin, jaw

Descendants

• Yoruba: àgbọ̀n
• Igala: àgbà
• Itsekiri: àgbà
• Olukumi: àgbàn
• Ifè: ɛ̀ŋgbã̀