Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kʊ̀bókò

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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kʊ̀bókò

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

*kʊ̀bókò class 15 (plural *màbókò class 6)[1]

1. arm; hand

Descendants

• Bemba: kuboko
• Kikuyu: guoko
• Lingala: lobôko
• Nzadi: lwo
• Rwanda-Rundi: ukuboko
• Shona: ruoko
• Southern Bantu:
  • Nguni:
    • Xhosa: umboko (“proboscis”)
    • Zulu: umboko (“proboscis, trunk”)
  • Sotho-Tswana:
    • Northern Sotho: letsogo
    • Sotho: letsoho
    • Tswana: letsôgô
  • Tsonga: voko
  • Venda: voho (“foreleg of animal”)

References

1. Entry 260 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3