Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-tátʊ̀
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Proto-Bantu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- *-cátʊ̀
- *-cácʊ̀
Etymology
[edit]cognates outside Bantu are Proto-Grassfields *tád, Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-ta
Reconstruction
[edit]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
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Next: | *-nàì |
*-tátʊ̀[2]
Descendants
[edit]From *-tátʊ̀:
- Proto-Jarawan: *tatu
- Duala (A24): -lálo
- Thagiicu:
- Mbunda (K15): -tatu
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
- Nyasa:
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -tatu
- Shona (S10): -tatu
- Kimbundu (H21): -tatu
- Kongo (H16): -tatu
- Southern Bantu:
From *-cátʊ̀:
- Lingala (C30B): -sató
- Luba-Kasai (L31): -satu
- Luganda (J15): -satu
- Tooro (J12): -satu
- Gusii (J42): isato
References
[edit]- ^ Meeussen, A. E. (1973). Comparative Bantu: Test cases for method. African Language Studies, 14, 6–18.
- ^ Entry 2811 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3