Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ó-lĩ́

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

A semantic shift in Igala, where the term became "tree." In Yoruba, it strictly refers to chewing stick, signifying the possibility of a root that was in general defined as things relating to wood and stick. Compare with the form equivalent in semantic meaning, *í-gĩ and Proto-Yoruba *ì-tì

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ó.lĩ́/

Noun

*ó-lĩ́

1. timber, wood, chewing stick

Descendants

• Igala: ólí
• Ede Nago: ọrín
• Olukumi: orín
• Yoruba: orín
• Ondo Yoruba: oín