Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ɪ́-tɔ̃́
Proto-Yoruboid
editEtymology
editFrom *ɪ́- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *tɔ̃́ (“to eject, to spit”). Perhaps related to Igbo asọ, Fon atán, and Ibibio etap. A change between /s/ and /t/ is common cross-linguistically. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Volta-Congo *-ta-
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*ɪ́-tɔ̃́
Descendants
editRelated terms
edit- *tu (“to spit”)