Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/cana

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 *-càna.

Noun

*-cana^[1]

to comb

Descendants

Mijikenda:
- Chiduruma (E72d): -tsana
- Giryama (E72a): -tsana (“to slit”)
Swahili:
- Swahili (G42): -chana
  - Amu, Mvita: -t̪ana
Comorian:
- Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): -tsana
- Ndzwani Comorian (G44b): -tsana

Derived terms

>? Swahili: -chanua (“to comb”)
*i̧canulo (“large wooden comb”)
- Swahili (G42): chanuo
  - Tikuu: ishanuo
  - Amu: shanuo
*kicana (“comb”)
- Swahili:
  - Chimwiini (G412): sht̪ana
  - Swahili (G42): kitana, kichana
*ncana (“comb”)
- Comorian:
  - Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): ntsana
  - Ndzwani Comorian (G44b): ntsana

References

^ Nurse, Derek; Hinnebusch, Thomas J. (1993), Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic History, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 581

[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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