Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kʊ̀bókò

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

Cognates outside Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *bó` (“hand”), Ibibio ubòk (“hands”) and Proto-Edoid *ghU-ɓɔ (“arm/hand”)

Noun

*kʊ̀bókò class 15 (plural *màbókò class 6)

1. arm; hand

Descendants

• Proto-Jarawan: *buku
• Bemba (M42): kuboko
• Kongo (H16): diboko
• Kikuyu (E51): guoko
• Lingala (C30B): lobɔ́kɔ
• Nzadi (B865): lwo
• Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ukuboko
• Shona (S10): ruoko, muoko (Manyika)
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu:
    • Kabwa (J405): okubhoko
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Xhosa (S41): umboko (“proboscis”)
    • Zulu (S42): umboko (“proboscis, trunk”)
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho (S32): letsogo
    • Sotho (S33): letsoho
    • Tswana (S31): letsôgô
  • Tsonga (S53): voko
  • Venda (S20): voho (“foreleg of animal”)