Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mbʊ́à

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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

Cognates outside Bantu are Efik ebua (“dog”), Ibibio ewua (“dog”), Tiv iwa (“dog”), Uhami àbùà (“dog”), Bamum mvuo (“dog”) and Yemba bu (“dog”) (from Proto-Grassfields *búà) and Proto-Edoid *A-bhωa, also see Proto-Yoruboid *á-byá

Noun

*mbʊ́à class 9 (plural *mbʊ́à class 10)[1]

  1. dog

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Entry 282 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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