Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-màa

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

Etymology

Cognates outside of Bantu include Tivi maa.

Noun

*-màa (infinitive *kʊ̀màa)[1]

to mould pottery

Descendants

Basaa (A43a): ma
Ewondo (A72): me
Southwestern Bantu:
- Kwanyama (R21): -ma
- Ndonga (R22): -ma

References

Reflexes of *-màa at the Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary Database

Bostoen, Koen (2007). "Pots, words and the Bantu Problem: On Lexical reconstruction and early African history". The Journal of African History 48:2, pp. 173-199.