Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/malizya

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 *-mala. Compare Chichewa -maliza.

Noun

*-malizya[1]

  1. to finish

Descendants

  • Mijikenda:
    • >? Chiduruma: -marigiza
    • >? Giryama: -marigiza
  • 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 600