Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/mala

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 *-màda.

Noun

*-mala^[1]

to finish

Descendants

Ilwana (E701): [-maːla]^[2]
Mijikenda:
- Chichonyi-Chidzihana-Chikauma (E72c): -mala
Swahili:
- Chimwiini (G412): -maɫa
- Swahili (G42): -mala (Mvita, obsolete)

Derived terms

Ilwana (E701): [-malɪka],^[2]
Ngazidja Comorian (G44a): -malala (“to be over”)
*-malizya (see there for further descendants)
*-mal-i̧le (perfect) → *-mazi̧le (“to have finished”)
- Kipfokomo (E71A): -ma-
- Swahili:
  - Swahili (G42): -me-
    - Old Swahili: -maa-, -mee-, -mele, -mezie
    - Tumbatu: -ma-

References

^ Nurse, Derek; Hinnebusch, Thomas J. (1993), Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic History, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 600
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Maddieson & Sands, field notes, 1991

[1] Nurse, Derek; Hinnebusch, Thomas J. (1993), Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic History, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 600

[ms-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Maddieson & Sands, field notes, 1991

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