Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kɪ̀kódò

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

Cognate with the Central Delta word for Colocasia esculenta.

Noun

*kɪ̀kódò class 7 (plural *bìkódò class 8)

1. yam (an uncertain species of Dioscorea)

Descendants

• Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): igikoro
• Gwere (J17): kikuyu (“cocoyam”)

References

• 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.