Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/à-ɓã

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

From *à- +‎ *ɓã, see Proto-Yoruboid *ɓã or Proto-Yoruboid *ɓã̀ (“they”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.ɓã̄/

Particle

*à-ɓã

Precedes a noun to mark it as plural.

Pronoun

*à-ɓã

they (emphatic third-person plural personal pronoun)

Descendants

Igala: àma
Edekiri
- Proto-Itsekiri-SEY
  - Itsekiri: àghan, ghan
  - SEY Yoruba: àghan, ghan
  - Ijebu Yoruba: ọ̀wọn, wọn
- Proto-Yoruba
  - Ekiti Yoruba: ìn-ọn
  - Yoruba: àwọn, wọn
  - Owe Yoruba: ọ̀
  - Olukumi: àwan
  - Ifè: àŋa

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