Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-dèba

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-dèba

This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed words 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

Verb

*-dèba (infinitive *kʊ̀dèba)[1]

1. to be slack
2. to be hanging

Descendants

From *-dèb-ɪd-a (applicative):

• Luganda: -lebera (“be loose, slack”)

From *-dèg-ɪd-a (variant form with applicative extension):

• Swahili: -legea (“be loose, soft”)

From *n-jèb-é (nominalized variant form, "ear"):

• Shona: nzeve
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Northern Ndebele: indlebe
    • Swazi: indlebe
    • Xhosa: indlebe
    • Zulu: indlebe
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho: tsebe
    • Sotho: tsebe
    • Tswana: tsêbê
  • Tsonga: ndleve
  • Venda: nḓevhe

References

1. Entry 881 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3