Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/é-ɓó

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

Cognate roots are extensive throughout Volta-Niger, possibly from a root Proto-Volta-Niger *-bo or Proto-Volta-Niger *-bu. See Proto-Igboid *é-wû, Proto-Edoid *e-bhωɪ (Edo ẹwe, Yekhee eghuẹ, Urhobo ẹvwé), Proto-Ebira *ɛ-bʊ (Ebira evu), Proto-Idomoid *ɛ̀-wū (Idoma ewu), Ukaan ẹ̀wị́, Ayere éwó, and possibly cognate with Akpes ɛ̀bi, Akpes ɛbují, Akpes ɛbʊ. A possible wider distribution likely exists possibly to Proto-Atlantic-Congo, see languages in the larger Volta-Congo branch Ibibio ebot, Proto-Plateau *-buon (2a), Proto-Plateau *ì-bu (2b), and Proto-Plateau *-bwal (3), Khana péé, Baatonum boo, Gur languages like Dagbani bua, Proto-Eastern Oti-Volta *bua-, and Proto-Oti-Volta *bʊː, Ega ɛwɪ, also see Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́dì. For an Atlantic-Congo root, see possible cognates in Kru and Senegambian languages, Tepo Krumen wli, Fula bewa, Wolof bey.

Other languages that do not have this cognate form usually use the more general root for "meat" or "animal" as the term for goat, see *ɛ́-lɔ̃ for more information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /é.ɓó/

Noun

*é-ɓó

1. goat; (in particular) she-goat

   Antonym: *ɔ̀-bʊ́kɔ (“he-goat”)

Derived terms

• *ɔ̀-bʊ́kɔ (“goat”)

Descendants

• Igala: éwó
• Proto-Edekiri:
  • Proto-Yoruba: *ɛ-wʊ́rɛ́
    • Ifè: abó
    • Yoruba: ewúrẹ́
    • Yoruba: eúrẹ́, ẹụ́rẹ́ (Central Yoruba dialects)