Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ɪ́-tɔ̃́
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Proto-Yoruboid[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *ɪ́- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *tɔ̃́ (“to eject, to spit”). Perhaps related to Igbo asọ, Fon atán, and Ibibio etap. A change between /s/ and /t/ is common cross-linguistically. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Volta-Congo *-ta-
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*ɪ́-tɔ̃́
Descendants[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- *tu (“to spit”)