Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-táànò

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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[edit]

Reconstruction[edit]

The palatalized forms *-cáànò and *-cáànʊ̀ derive from the leveling of a morphological alternation in which the first consonant was palatalized in class 10.[1]

Etymology[edit]

Cognates outside Bantu include Tiv utaan and Proto-Grassfields *(í-)tàn and Efik tíòn

Adjective[edit]

cardinal number
5 Previous: *-nàì
Next: *ìkʊ́mì

*-táànò[2]

  1. five

Alternative forms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

From *-táànò:

From *-táànʊ̀:

From *-cáànʊ̀:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Meeussen, A. E. (1973). Comparative Bantu: Test cases for method. African Language Studies, 14, 6–18.
  2. ^ Entry 2768 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3