Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ó-cù

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

Compare with Fon sùn, Ebira ohuE, Ayere oʃu, Oko-Eni-Osayen ɔ́ʃɛ̃̂. Root is suggested to be *ó- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ *cù (“to be round”), replacing an older root from Volta-Congo *-ki, see Edo uki. Compare with Proto-Yoruba *ɔ̀-cʊ̀kpá (“moon”) (òṣùpá), which is proposed to come from the same *cù root.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ó.cù/

Noun

*ó-cù

moon, month

Descendants

Igala: óchù
Proto-Edekiri: *o-ʧù
- Itsekiri: uransu
- Olukumi: osu
- Proto-Yoruba: *o-ʧù
  - Ifè: otsù
  - Yoruba: oṣù (most dialects)
  - Onko Yoruba: ochù
  - Oyo, Ibadan, Owe Yoruba: osù
- Proto-Yoruba: *ɔ̀-cʊ̀kpá
  - Yoruba: òṣùpá
  - Ekiti Yoruba: ọ̀ṣụ̀pá

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