Reconstruction:Proto-Atlantic-Congo/kwwú-

This Proto-Atlantic-Congo 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-Atlantic-Congo

Alternative forms

  • *khwui

Verb

*kwwú-

  1. to die

Descendants

  • Proto-Volta-Congo:
    • Proto-Volta-Niger:
      • Proto-Edoid: *ghu (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Yoruboid: *kú (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Benue-Congo:
      • Proto-Bantoid:
        • Northern Bantoid:
        • Southern Bantoid:
          • Proto-Bantu: *-kúa (see there for further descendants)
          • Proto-Grassfields: *kÚ(a) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Gur:
        • Proto-Oti-Volta: *ku (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Jukunoid: *kwu (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Plateau: *kwu/*kwo/*ku/*kụ (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Mukarovsky, Hans. 1976. A study of Western Nigritic, vol. 1. Wien: Institut für Ägyptologie und Afrikanistik, Universität Wien.
    • Entry 325
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