Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mpʊ̀dà

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

Noun

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

  1. nose

Descendants

From mpʊ̀dà:

  • Northeast Bantu:
    • Northeast Coast Bantu:
  • Rufiji-Ruvuma:
    • Ruvuma:
      • Yao (P21): mbula (“plural form - "noses"”); singular form - lupula (shifted to class 11)

From mpʊ̀nò:

References

  1. ^ Entry 2629 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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