Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ʊ́-ɓã́

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

Possibly an innovation by Proto-Yoruboid speakers, since no languages have similar cognates, except possibly Edo áranmwẹn. Its descendant languages converted /ɓ/ first to /ɣ/ or /w/, and in Standard Yoruba, the /w/ converted to /h/, a phenomenon seen in many other words descended from Proto-Yoruboid. The root *ɓã́ may refer to an obsolete term referring to speech or language.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʊ́.ɓã́/

Noun

*ʊ́-ɓã́

tongue

Descendants

Igala: ímálu
Proto-Edekiri: *ʊ-wã́
- Proto-Yoruba: *ʊ-wã́, *ɪ-wã́
  - Olukumi: uwán
  - Ede
    - Ifè: iŋá
  - Northwest Yoruba: ahọ́n
    - Yoruba: ahọ́n (Standard Yoruba)
  - Northeast Yoruba: ighọ́n
  - Central Yoruba
    - Ekiti Yoruba: ụọ́n
    - Igbomina Yoruba: awọ́n
- Proto-Southeast-Yoruba-Itsekiri
  - Southeast Yoruba
    - Ondo & Ikale Yoruba: iwán
    - Ao Yoruba uwán
    - Ijebu Yoruba: uwọ́n
    - Ilajẹ Yoruba: ìwọ́n
  - Itsekiri: iwán