Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ó-gwũ

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This Proto-Yoruboid 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-Yoruboid

Etymology

See cognates in Nupoid, Gbari ekun, Nupe ekun, perhaps related to Ibibio ekọn, Ahwai ehwɔn, Bu eku, Tarok ìkùm, (likely a common origin in Proto-Plateau), Akan ɔko, voicing from /k/ to /g/ in Yoruboid may have happened.

Pronunciation

Noun

*ó-gwũ

  1. war, battle

Descendants

  • Yoruba: ogun
  • Yoruba: ogu (Ijebu dialect)
  • Igala: ógwu
  • Olukumi: ogun
  • Ifè: ogu