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Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruba/ì-dérègbè

This Proto-Yoruba 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-Yoruba

Alternative forms
  • *è-dérègbè, *è-déègbè
  • *ì-déègbè

Etymology

From Proto-Edekiri *ì-dérègbè, *è-dérègbè, *è-kérègbè, compare with Itsekiri ekerégbè. Likely used simutaneously with *ɛ-wʊ́rɛ́, but with a less extensive origin, *ì-dérègbè is a Proto-Edekiri innovation. Its only cognate outside of Yoruboid is Edo òdégbè, but its lack of cognates in Edoid may suggest a borrowing from Edekiri to Edo. /k/ to /d/, which is seen in descendants of this term, is somewhat common in Yoruboid.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ì.dé.rè.ɡbè/

Noun

*ì-dérègbè

  1. goat; (especially) she-goat
    Synonym: *ɛ-wʊ́rɛ́

Descendants
  • Owe Yoruba: èdègbe
  • Ekiti Yoruba: ìdéègbè, ìdérègbè, ùdéègbè
  • Yoruba: ìdérègbè, ìkérègbè, èkérègbè
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