Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ʊ́-ɓã́
Proto-Yoruboid
editEtymology
editPossibly an innovation by Proto-Yoruboid speakers, since no languages have similar cognates, except possibly Edo áranmwẹn. Its descendant languages converted /ɓ/ first to /ɣ/ or /w/, and in Standard Yoruba, the /w/ converted to /h/, a phenomenon seen in many other words descended from Proto-Yoruboid. The root *ɓã́ may refer to an obsolete term referring to speech or language.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*ʊ́-ɓã́