Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-dèba

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

Verb

*-dèba (infinitive *kʊ̀dèba) [1]

to be slack
to be hanging

Descendants

From *-dèb-ɪd-a (applicative):

Luganda: -lebera (“be loose, slack”)

From *-dèg-ɪd-a (variant form with applicative extension):

Swahili: -legea (“be loose, soft”)

From *n-jèb-é (nominalized variant form, "ear"):

Shona: nzeve
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Northern Ndebele: indlebe
  - Swazi: indlebe
  - Xhosa: indlebe
  - Zulu: indlebe
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho: tsebe
  - Sotho: tsebe
  - Tswana: tsêbê
- Tsonga: ndleve
- Venda: nḓevhe

References

Entry 881 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 881 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3