Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mbʊ́à

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This Proto-Bantu 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-Bantu

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Etymology

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Cognates outside Bantu are Efik ebua (dog), Ibibio ewua (dog), Tiv iwa (dog), Uhami àbùà (dog), Bamum mvuo (dog) and Yemba bu (dog) (from Proto-Grassfields *búà) and Proto-Edoid *A-bhωa, also see Proto-Yoruboid *á-byá

Noun

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*mbʊ́à class 9 (plural *mbʊ́à class 10)[1]

  1. dog

Descendants

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References

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