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Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/mʊ̀téndé

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

Etymology

From Proto-Niger-Congo: compare Usaghade útén (“oil palm”), Mandinka téē (“oil palm”), Ga tɛŋ, Yoruba udẹn (“kernel oil”).

Noun

*mʊ̀téndé class 3 (plural *mɪ̀téndé class 4) [1]

  1. oil palm, Elaeis guineensis (possibly originally referring to a young oil palm)

See also

Descendants
  • Akoose: atên (“raphia palm”)
  • Batanga: ilende (“oil palm”)
  • Duala: lɛ́ndɛ́ (“oil palm”)
  • Kikuyu: ndende (“date palm”)
  • Luvale: ndende (“palm oil”)
  • Myene: ntɛ́ndɛ́ (“black-fruited oil palm”) (Orungu), ntende (“black-fruited oil palm”) (Nkomi)
  • Ntandu Kongo: ntééndé (“young oil palm”) (used in compounds)
  • Nyakyusa: ʊnteende (“date palm”)
  • Shambala: mténdé (“date palm”)
  • Swahili: mtende (“date palm”)
  • Tunen: hɛlɛndɛ (“young palm”)
  • Umbundu: ondende (“palm oil”)

References
  1. Entry 2849 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
  • Bostoen, Koen (2005), "A diachronic onomasiological approach to early Bantu oil palm vocabulary." Studies in African Linguistics 34 (2): 143–188.
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