Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/kʊ̀bókò

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

Etymology

Cognates outside Bantu include Proto-Grassfields *bó` (“hand”), Ibibio ubòk (“hands”) and Proto-Edoid *ghU-ɓɔ (“arm/hand”)

Noun

*kʊ̀bókò class 15 (plural *màbókò class 6)[1]

arm; hand

Descendants

Proto-Jarawan: *buku
Bemba (M42): kuboko
Kongo (H16): diboko
Kikuyu (E51): guoko
Lingala (C30B): lobɔ́kɔ
Nzadi (B865): lwo
Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ukuboko
Shona (S10): ruoko, muoko (Manyika)
Northeast Bantu:
- Great Lakes Bantu:
  - Kabwa (J405): okubhoko
Southern Bantu:
- Nguni:
  - Xhosa (S41): umboko (“proboscis”)
  - Zulu (S42): umboko (“proboscis, trunk”)
- Sotho-Tswana:
  - Northern Sotho (S32): letsogo
  - Sotho (S33): letsoho
  - Tswana (S31): letsôgô
- Tsonga (S53): voko
- Venda (S20): voho (“foreleg of animal”)

References

Entry 260 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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[1] Entry 260 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3