Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ʊ́-ɓã́

This Proto-Yoruboid 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-Yoruboid

Etymology

Possibly an innovation by Proto-Yoruboid speakers, since no languages have similar cognates, except possibly Edo áranmwẹn. Its descendant languages converted /ɓ/ first to /ɣ/ or /w/, and in Standard Yoruba, the /w/ converted to /h/, a phenomenon seen in many other words descended from Proto-Yoruboid. The root *ɓã́ may refer to an obsolete term referring to speech or language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊ́.ɓã́/

Noun

*ʊ́-ɓã́

1. tongue

Descendants

• Igala: ímálu
• Proto-Edekiri: *ʊ-wã́
  • Proto-Yoruba: *ʊ-wã́, *ɪ-wã́
    • Olukumi: uwán
    • Ede
      • Ifè: iŋá
    • Northwest Yoruba: ahọ́n
      • Yoruba: ahọ́n (Standard Yoruba)
    • Northeast Yoruba: ighọ́n
    • Central Yoruba
      • Ekiti Yoruba: ụọ́n
      • Igbomina Yoruba: awọ́n
  • Proto-Southeast-Yoruba-Itsekiri
    • Southeast Yoruba
      • Ondo & Ikale Yoruba: iwán
      • Ao Yoruba uwán
      • Ijebu Yoruba: uwọ́n
      • Ilajẹ Yoruba: ìwọ́n
    • Itsekiri: iwán