Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/caca

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 *-càca.

Noun

*-caca[1]

  1. to go sour

Descendants

  • Mijikenda:
  • Swahili:

Derived terms

  • *cacu (“yeast”) (see there for further 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 581
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