Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-bʊ́mba

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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

Verb

*-bʊ́mba (infinitive *kʊ̀ )[1][2]

  1. to work clay

Usage notes

Bostoen (2007) argues that although the word is morphologically reconstructible to Proto-Bantu, the specialized meaning "to make pottery" is not.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Entry 333 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
  2. ^ Reflexes of *-bʊ́mba at the Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary Database
  • Bostoen, Koen (2007). "Pots, words and the Bantu Problem: On Lexical reconstruction and early African history". The Journal of African History 48:2, pp. 173-199.
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