Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìbídà
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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
Etymology
Potential cognates in Volta-Congo include: Tiv ivile (“oil palm”), Akan abɛ́ (“oil palm”), Edo ivin (“nut”).
Noun
*ìbídà class 5 (plural *màbídà class 6)[1]
See also
Descendants
- Aka (Central Africa) (C104): dibíla (“oil palm; clump of palm nuts”), ebíla (“clump of palm nuts”)
- Babole (C101): dibíla (“oil palm”)
- Benga (A34): mbiya (“black-fruited oil palm”)
- Bube (A31): öbiilá (“date palm”)
- Bwa (C44): mbia (“oil palm”)
- Duala (A24): mbía (“palm nut”)
- Libinza (C321): mbíla (“oil palm”)
- Lingala (C30B): lobíla (“palm nut”), mbíla (“oil palm”)
- Mbonge Oroko (A101): líjá (“oil palm”)
- Mokpwe (A22): mbía (“palm nut”)
- Myene (B11): oyílá (“oil palm”), ezílá (“clump of palm nuts”)
- Nsong (B85d): oyila (“black-fruited oil palm”), ńdzyá (“palm nut”)
- Tunen (A44): nibíl (“oil palm”), umíl (“palm nut”), ibíl (“ripe clump of palm nuts”)
References
- Bostoen, Koen (2005), "A diachronic onomasiological approach to early Bantu oil palm vocabulary." Studies in African Linguistics 34 (2): 143–188.