Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-kádanga

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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

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]

  1. fry, roast

Descendants

From -kádanga:

From -kánga:

References

  1. ^ Entry 1665 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
  • 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.
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