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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/ìkúpà

This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed words 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

Noun

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

  1. bone

Descendants
  • Bemba: ifupa
  • Chichewa: fupa (from older pfupa)
  • Rwanda-Rundi: igufwa
  • Shona: bvupa
  • Sukuma: iguha
  • Swahili: mfupa

References
  1. Entry 2132 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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