Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀kádí

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 edit

Etymology edit

Cognates outside Bantu include Tiv kwase (woman), Bitare okasə (woman), Ndoe mìŋ-kánì (woman), Nde-Nsele-Nta màŋ-kaa̍ (woman)

Noun edit

*mʊ̀kádí class 1 (plural *bàkádí class 2)[1]

  1. woman
  2. wife

Descendants edit

From the collapsed form *mʊ̀káí ~ *mʊ̀ké in Northeast Coast Bantu:

References edit