Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìbádà

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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

Noun

*ìbádà class 5 (plural *màbádà class 6)^[1]

speck, spot
colour

Descendants

Great Lakes Bantu:
- Luganda (J15): ebbala
- Tooro (J12): ibara (“spot; birthmark; name”)
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Swazi (S43): libala
  - Xhosa (S41): ibala
  - Zulu (S42): ibala

References

^ Entry 28 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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