Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kɪ̀kʊ̀á

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

Etymology

Cognate with the Lower Cross River word for Dioscorea dumetorum.

Noun

*kɪ̀kʊ̀á class 7 (plural *bìkʊ̀á class 8)[1]

yam, probably Dioscorea cayennensis

Descendants

Northwest Bantu
- Myene (B11): egwa
Central-Western Bantu
- Nzadi (B865): okpa
East Bantu
- Northeast Savanna Bantu
  - Thagiicu
    - Kamba (E55): kikwa
    - Kikuyu (E51): gĩkwa

References

Entry 1968 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

Bostoen, Koen (2014), "Wild trees in the subsistence economy of early Bantu speech communities: a historical-linguistic approach", in Dorian Q. Fuller and Mary Anne Murray (eds.), African Flora, Past Cultures and Archaeobotany. Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop for African Archaeobotany, London, 3–5 July, 2006 (Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press), 129–140.

[1] Entry 1968 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3