Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/-táànò

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

Reconstruction

The palatalized forms *-cáànò and *-cáànʊ̀ derive from the leveling of a morphological alternation in which the first consonant was palatalized in class 10.[1]

Adjective

cardinal number
5	Previous:	*-nàì
5	Next:	*ìkʊ́mì

*-táànò [2]

five

Alternative forms

*-táànʊ̀
*-cáànò
*-cáànʊ̀

Descendants

From *-táànò:

Luganda: -taano
Swahili: -tano

From *-táànʊ̀:

Luba-Kasai: -tanu
Mbunda: -tanu
Rwanda-Rundi: -tanu

From *-cáànʊ̀:

Chichewa: -sanu
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Northern Ndebele: -hlanu
  - Phuthi: -hlanu
  - Swazi: -hlanu
  - Xhosa: -hlanu
  - Zulu: -hlanu
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho: -hlano
  - Sotho: -hlano
  - Tswana: -tlhano
- Tsonga: -ntlhanu
- Venda: -ṱhanu

References

Meeussen, A. E. (1973). Comparative Bantu: Test cases for method. African Language Studies, 14, 6–18.
Entry 2768 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Meeussen, A. E. (1973). Comparative Bantu: Test cases for method. African Language Studies, 14, 6–18.

[2] Entry 2768 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3