Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀cáijà

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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]

Etymology[edit]

From *-cáija "to grow old".

Noun[edit]

*mʊ̀cáijà class 1 (plural *bàcáijà class 2)[1]

  1. man (as opposed to being a woman)
  2. old man

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/NC/Public/pdf/PB92list-Shadeberg.pdf https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Proto-Bantu_reconstructions