This Proto-Yoruboid 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. |
Compare with Igbo imi, Idoma enwu, other Volta-Niger cognates seem to have a /w/ consonant inserted into the center of their word for nose, unknown if it is related to the Yoruboid form
*ɪ́-ŋmʊ̃́