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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/nkókó

This Proto-Bantu 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-Bantu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeia, with a high amount of variation in forms. Cognates farther afield in Benue-Congo include Akan akokɔ and Proto-Edoid *O-khɔkhɔ

Verb

*nkókó class 9 (plural *nkókó class 10)[1]

  1. (Common Bantu) chicken, fowl

Usage notes

This term is shared between many Bantu languages, but a single form cannot be formally reconstructed to the level of Proto-Bantu because of historical or linguistic considerations. Chickens were introduced after Proto-Bantu, so this form is the result of ancient borrowing across Bantu.

Descendants

From *nkókó:

From *nkʊ́kʊ́:

References
  1. Entry 1904 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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