Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-tátʊ̀
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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
Alternative forms
- *-cátʊ̀
- *-cácʊ̀
Etymology
cognates outside Bantu are Proto-Grassfields *tád
Reconstruction
The palatalized forms *-cátʊ̀ and *-cácʊ̀ derive from the leveling of a morphological alternation in which the first consonant was palatalized in class 10.[1]
Adjective
| 3 | Previous: | *-bàdɪ́ |
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| Next: | *-nàì |
*-tátʊ̀[2]
Descendants
From *-tátʊ̀:
- Proto-Jarawan: *tatu
- Duala (A24): -lálo
- Thagiicu:
- Mbunda (K15): -tatu
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
- Nyasa:
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -tatu
- Shona (S10): -tatu
- Kongo (H16): -tatu
- Southern Bantu:
From *-cátʊ̀:
References
- ^ Meeussen, A. E. (1973). Comparative Bantu: Test cases for method. African Language Studies, 14, 6–18.
- ^ Entry 2811 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3