Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-nàì

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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

Possible cognates outside of Bantu found in Edo èné, a general reconstructed root to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nani by Westerman and Blench is suggested, and to Proto-Niger-Congo *-na(h)i by Pozdniakov

Adjective

cardinal number
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*-nàì

  1. four

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