Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ɛ́-lɔ̃

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, where the root word is usually translated as cow, meat, or animal. See Proto-Gbe *-lã, Proto-Nupoid *ə-na (“goat”), Arigidi arã̃, Ayere ɛna, Kamo ɛ̀-nã, See Benue-Congo cognates in Proto-Plateau Proto-Plateau *-niak, Proto-Plateau *ì-nak, Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nàŋ (“cow”). Proposed to be derived from Proto-Niger-Congo *nak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ́.lɔ̃/

Noun

*ɛ́-lɔ̃

1. meat, cow

Descendants

• Yoruba: ẹran (“meat, animal”)
• Igala: ẹ́la (“cow”)
• Olukumi: ẹran (“animal”)
• Ifè: ɛrã (“meat, animal”)