Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/amwa

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 *-jámua.

Noun

*-amwa[1]

  1. to suckle, to suck breast

Descendants

Derived terms

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 580
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Maddieson & Sands, field notes, 1991
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