Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìkúpà

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

Noun

*ìkúpà class 5 (plural *màkúpà class 6)[1]

bone

Descendants

Bemba: ifupa
Chichewa: fupa (from older pfupa)
Rwanda-Rundi: igufwa
Shona: bvupa
Sukuma: iguha
Swahili: mfupa

References

Entry 2132 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

[1] Entry 2132 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3