Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/andala

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 Common Bantu *-jánda with some verbal extension. Nurse & Hinnebusch list this word among the Proto-Sabaki lexical innovations.[1]

Noun

*-andala[2]

  1. to prepare food

Descendants

  • Swahili:
  • Comorian:

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 290
  2. ^ Nurse, Derek; Hinnebusch, Thomas J. (1993), Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic History, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 580
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