Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/ku-

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 Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀-.

Prefix

*ku- (before vowels *kw-)[1]

  1. class-15 noun prefix, used before a verb stem to form the infinitive

Descendants

Derived terms

Proto-Sabaki terms prefixed with *ku-
Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/kwamba
Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/kwanzya
  • *uku- (“augmented class-15 noun prefix”)

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 652
  2. ^ Maddieson & Sands, field notes, 1991
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