Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/màcángʊ́

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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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Likely related by inheritance and semantic shift, but perhaps by borrowing, to various terms for maize in Niger-Congo, including the stem *-sáŋ in Eastern Grassfields, and farther afield, Leyigha nsaŋe, Legbo nzana, and Usaghade úsân.

Noun

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*màcángʊ́ class 6[1]

  1. millet or pearl millet (exact referent uncertain)

Descendants

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Borrowed from a Bantu language spoken on the Atlantic coast:

Borrowed from a Bantu language spoken in Angola or Zambia:

References

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  • Bostoen, Koen (2006–2007), "Pearl millet in early Bantu speech communities in Central Africa: A reconsideration of the lexical evidence." Afrika und Übersee: 89, 183–213.