Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-ncè

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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

Reconstruction

Descendant languages show either a vowel /o/ or /e/ before the stem, which comes from the pronominal stem.[1]

Determiner

*-ncè[2]

  1. all

Descendants

From *-ncè:

  • Chichewa: -nse
  • Herero: -he
  • Shona: -se
  • Southern Bantu:

From *-cè:

  • Rwanda-Rundi: -se

From *-cɪ̀:

From *-tè:

From *jónà:

References

  1. ^ Meeussen, A. E. (1973). Comparative Bantu: Test cases for method. African Language Studies, 14, 6–18.
  2. ^ Entry 500 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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