Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/kicana

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 *ki- +‎ *-cana (“to comb”).

Noun

*kicana class 7 (plural *vi̧cana class 8)[1]

  1. comb
    Synonyms: *i̧canulo, *ncana

Descendants

  • Swahili:

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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