Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-ncè
Proto-Bantu edit
Reconstruction edit
Descendant languages show either a vowel /o/ or /e/ before the stem, which comes from the pronominal stem.[1]
Determiner edit
*-ncè[2]
Descendants edit
From *-ncè:
From *-cè:
- Rwanda-Rundi: -se
From *-cɪ̀:
- Ndali: -shi
From *-tè:
- Swahili: -ote
From *jónà:
- Tooro: -ona
References edit
- ^ Meeussen, A. E. (1973). Comparative Bantu: Test cases for method. African Language Studies, 14, 6–18.
- ^ Entry 500 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3