Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/ambila

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 *-gàmbɪda. By surface analysis, *-amba +‎ *-ila.

Noun

*-ambila[1]

  1. applicative of *-amba: to tell, to speak to

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Nurse, Derek; Hinnebusch, Thomas J. (1993), Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic History, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 579
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