Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ɪ́-bà

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

Compare with Nupe eba, Ayere iba, Ibibio mba (“fatigue”), Gade rI-bà, Igbo ịbà, Yekhee iba, perhaps from an old-root referring to sickness, see Proto-Oti-Volta *ba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪ́.bà/

Noun

*ɪ́-bà

1. fever, malaria

Descendants

• Igala: íbà
• Yoruba: ibà
• Ekiti Yoruba: ịbà