Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-dòda

This Proto-Bantu 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-Bantu

Verb

*-dòda (infinitive *kʊ̀dòda)[1]

  1. (Common Bantu) to look (at)
  2. (Common Bantu) to face

Usage notes

This term is shared between many Bantu languages, but a single form cannot be formally reconstructed to the level of Proto-Bantu because of historical or linguistic considerations. This term is absent from northwestern Bantu languages, which represent the earliest branches to diverge.

Descendants

  • Northeast Bantu:

References

  1. ^ Entry 1094 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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