Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-dèba

This Proto-Bantu 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-Bantu

Verb

*-dèba (infinitive *kʊ̀- )[1]

  1. to be slack
  2. to be hanging

Descendants

From *-dèb-ɪd-a (applicative):

  • Luganda (J15): -lebera (“be loose, slack”)

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

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

References

  1. ^ Entry 881 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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