Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ʊ́-ɓã́

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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

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Etymology

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Possibly an innovation by Proto-Yoruboid speakers, since no languages have similar cognates, except possibly Edo áranmwẹn. Its descendant languages converted /ɓ/ first to /ɣ/ or /w/, and in Standard Yoruba, the /w/ converted to /h/, a phenomenon seen in many other words descended from Proto-Yoruboid. The root *ɓã́ may refer to an obsolete term referring to speech or language.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*ʊ́-ɓã́

  1. tongue

Descendants

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