very present in almost every basic Yoruboid root for male, see Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kʊ̃rɪ̃ (“man”), Proto-Yoruboid *ó-kó (“penis”). Compare with the widespread...
very present in almost every basic Yoruboid root for male, see Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kʊ̃rɪ̃ (“man”), Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-kɔ (“husband, male”). IPA(key):...
Idoma ole, or possibly a local innovation in Proto-Yoruboid since no evidence suggests a pre-Proto-Yoruboid root. The root may refer to the familial aspect...
Almost certainly a locally derived root from Proto-Yoruboid. While most Niger-Congo or Volta-Niger languages usually have the 5+2 for seven, this is almost...
much older inheritance , the Proto-Yoruboid term is proposed to derive from Proto-Volta-Niger *ɔ́-bɔ́, with a common Proto-Volta-Congo [Term?] source,...
Possibly an innovation by Proto-Yoruboid speakers, since no languages have similar cognates, except possibly Edo áranmwẹn. Its descendant languages converted...
From *à- + *ɓã, see Proto-Yoruboid *ɓã or Proto-Yoruboid *ɓã̀ (“they”) IPA(key): /à.ɓã̄/ *à-ɓã Precedes a noun to mark it as plural. *à-ɓã they (emphatic...
there many have been several Proto-Yoruboid terms for dog, from different roots, but this is likely the older term. The Yoruboid root *byá is an altered form...
See other roots for mother including Proto-Yoruboid *-nà or Proto-Yoruboid *-mɔ̃̀. For cognates outside of Yoruboid, see Edo iye, The form ìyá found in...
*ʊ́-kpã́, (which several Yoruboid languages have), could be a synonym for lip, however it is not clear if this is a Proto-Yoruboid form, though a potential...