Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìkúpà

This Proto-Bantu 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-Bantu

Etymology

Possible cognates outside of Bantu include Efik *ɔ-kp ́ɔ (“bone”) (from Proto-Lower Cross River *ɔ- ́kpɔ́ (“bone”)), Proto-Grassfields *gÚp (“bone”) and Tiv *kuhe (“bone”)

Noun

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

bone

Descendants

Boan:
- Bhele (D31): nkúà
- Kaiku (D312): nkúà
- Kumu (D23): nkúà
- Bila (D311): kúɔ̀
- Bera (D32): nkúwà
- Amba (D22): nkùé
Nyali:
- Budu (D332): uho
- Ndaka (D333): ùwó
Northeastern Bantu:
- Northeast Coast Bantu:
  - Swahili (G42): mfupa
- Takama:
  - Sukuma (F31): iguha
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): igufa, igufwa
  - Tooro (J12): igufa (“bone; tooth of an animal”)
Bemba (M42): ifupa
Chichewa (N31): fupa (from older pfupa)
Ndonga (R22): esipa
Nzadi (B865): okwa
Shona (S10): bvupa

References

Entry 2132 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 2132 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3