Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/nɲàmà

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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 Proto-Grassfields *nàm` (“animal”), Tiv *inyam (“meat”), Efik *unam (“meat”) (from Proto-Lower Cross River *ú-nàm (“animal”) and Proto-Edoid *E-nhamhɪ (“animal/meat”)).

Noun

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

  1. animal
  2. meat

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Entry 3180 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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