Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀bɪ́dɪ́
Proto-Bantu
editNoun
edit*mʊ̀bɪ́dɪ́ class 3 (plural *mɪ̀bɪ́dɪ́ class 4)[1]
- (Common Bantu) Canarium schweinfurthii
Usage notes
editThis term is shared between many Bantu languages, but a single form cannot be formally reconstructed to the level of Proto-Bantu because of historical or linguistic considerations. This word is restricted to Western Bantu languages and has no known cognates outside of Bantu, indicating that it replaced the Proto-Bantu word *mʊ̀pátù.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Bostoen, Koen (2014), "Wild trees in the subsistence economy of early Bantu speech communities: a historical-linguistic approach", in Dorian Q. Fuller and Mary Anne Murray (eds.), African Flora, Past Cultures and Archaeobotany. Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop for African Archaeobotany, London, 3–5 July, 2006 (Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press), 129–140.