Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/-ya

This Proto-Sabaki 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-Sabaki

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-ía.

Suffix

*-ya^[1]

causative

Usage notes

This suffix triggers spirantization of the preceding consonant

Original	Spirantized
*p	*fy
*t	*sy
*k	*šy
*w	*vy
*l	*zy

The descendent languages often spirantize additional consonants.

Descendants

Kipfokomo (E71A): -ya
Mijikenda:
- Chichonyi-Chidzihana-Chikauma (E72c): -ya
- Giryama (E72a): -ya
Swahili:
- Swahili (G42): -ya
Comorian:
- Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): -a (with affrication)
- Maore Comorian (G44D): -a (with affrication)
- Ndzwani Comorian (G44b): -a (with affrication)

Derived terms

*-ik-ya/*-ek-ya → *-išya/*-ešya: causative
- Swahili (G42): -isha/-esha

Proto-Sabaki terms suffixed with *-ya

Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/ašya

Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/cešya

References

^ Nurse, Derek; Hinnebusch, Thomas J. (1993), Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic History, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, chapter 2 §5.3

[1] Nurse, Derek; Hinnebusch, Thomas J. (1993), Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic History, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, chapter 2 §5.3

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