Reconstruction:Proto-Nubian/kemsi

This Proto-Nubian 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-Nubian

Numeral

*kemsi

four

Descendants

Ghulfan: kɪ́ɲu
Midob: èeȷí
Old Nubian: ⲕⲉⲙⲥⲟ- (kemso-)

References

Insights Into Nilo-Saharan Language, History and Culture: Proceedings of the 9th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum, 16-19 February 2004 (Al-Amin Abu-Manga, Leoma G. Gilley, Anne Storch; 2006) (with the reflexes showing "various changes conditioned by the mutual assimilation of the voiced labial nasal *m", with Midob acting "contrary to the aforementioned tendency of syllable-initial strengthening [...instead showing] initial weakening to loss" of *k)
Claude Rilly, Alex de Voogt, The Meroitic Language and Writing System (2012, →ISBN, citing Jakobi (2006)