Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-kádanga
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Proto-Bantu
Etymology
One of the variants may be derived from the other, or else they may not be related, with *-kádanga being an extension of *-káda, and taking on the specific meaning "fry". Both variants have apparent cognates in wider Niger-Congo, for example Ibibio káŋ (“roast, fry”) and Berom halaŋ (“roast”).
Noun
*-kádanga (infinitive *kʊ̀ )[1]
Descendants
From -kádanga:
- Bende (F12): -kalanga
- Dawida Taita (E74): -kanga
- Hehe (G62): -kalanga
- Lingala (C30B): -kálanga
- Mongo (C61): -kálanga
- Ngindo (P14): -kalanga
- Nyambo (J21): -karanga
- Nzadi (B865): -kaliŋ
- Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): -karanga
- Sukuma (F31): -kalanga
- Swahili (G42): -kaanga
From -kánga:
- Bemba (M42): -kanga (“dry by the fire”)
- Chokwe (K11): -kanga
- Ding (B86): kaŋ
- Lingala (C30B): -kánga
- Luba-Kasai (L31): -kanga
- Shona (S10): -kanga
- Yaka (H31): -kángá
References
- Bostoen, Koen (2001), "Osculance in Bantu reconstructions: A case study of the pair °–kádang-/°-káng- (’fry’, ’roast’) and its historical implications." Studies in African Linguistics 30: 121–146.