Reconstruction:Proto-Sabaki/muntu

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 *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.

Noun

*muntu class 1 (plural *wantu class 2)[1]

  1. person

Descendants

  • *kintu (“thing”)
  • *wuntu (“humanity”)
  • *i̧jintu (“giant”)

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 617
  2. ^ Maddieson & Sands, field notes, 1991
  3. ^ Möhlig
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