Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/cancua

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 *-cánca with some verbal extension.

Noun

*-cancua[1]

  1. to resolve, to unravel

Reconstruction notes

There is some confusion in Swahili with *-tatula (“to untangle”).

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Swahili:
  • Comorian:

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
  2. ^ Nurse, Derek; Hinnebusch, Thomas J. (1993), Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic History, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 608
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