Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-tátʊ̀

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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

Alternative forms

  • *-cátʊ̀
  • *-cácʊ̀

Etymology

cognates outside Bantu are Proto-Grassfields *tád, Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-ta

Reconstruction

The palatalized forms *-cátʊ̀ and *-cácʊ̀ derive from the leveling of a morphological alternation in which the first consonant was palatalized in class 10.

Adjective

cardinal number
3 Previous: *-bàdɪ́
Next: *-nàì

*-tátʊ̀

  1. three

Descendants

From *-tátʊ̀:

From *-cátʊ̀:

References

  1. ^ Meeussen, A. E. (1973). Comparative Bantu: Test cases for method. African Language Studies, 14, 6–18.
  2. ^ Entry 2811 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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