Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-dèba

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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

*-dèba (infinitive *kʊ̀ )^[1]

to be slack
to be hanging

Descendants

From *-dèb-ɪd-a (applicative):

Luganda (J15): -lebera (“be loose, slack”)

From *-dèg-ɪd-a (variant form with applicative extension):

Swahili (G42): -legea (“be loose, soft”)

From *n-jèb-é (nominalized variant form, "ear"):

Shona (S10): nzeve
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Northern Ndebele (S44): indlebe
  - Swazi (S43): indlebe
  - Xhosa (S41): indlebe
  - Zulu (S42): indlebe
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): tsebe
  - Sotho (S33): tsebe
  - Tswana (S31): tsêbê
- Tsonga (S53): ndleve
- Venda (S20): nḓevhe

References

^ Entry 881 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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