Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mbèbà

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

Alternative forms

  • *jɪ̀mbèbà (Class 9 augmented)
  • *jímbèbà (Class 10 augmented)

Etymology

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Noun

*mbèbà class 9 (plural *mbèbà class 10)[1]

  1. rat (species)
    Synonym: *ìkòcʊ̀è

Descendants

  • Northeast Bantu:

References

  1. ^ Entry 117 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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