Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kʊ̀bókò
Proto-Bantu
editEtymology
editCognates outside Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *bó` (“hand”), Ibibio ubòk (“hands”) and Proto-Edoid *ghU-ɓɔ (“arm/hand”)
Noun
edit*kʊ̀bókò class 15 (plural *màbókò class 6)[1]
Descendants
edit- 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:
- Southern Bantu: