< Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid

Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ɪ́-ŋmʊ̃́

This Proto-Yoruboid 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-Yoruboid

Alternative forms
  • *í-mṹ

Etymology

Compare with Igbo imi, Idoma enwu, other Volta-Niger cognates seem to have a /w/ consonant inserted into the center of their word for nose, unknown if it is related to the Yoruboid form

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪ́.ŋmʊ̃́/

Noun

*ɪ́-ŋmʊ̃́

  1. nose

Descendants
  • Ifè: imɔ́
  • Igala: ímọ́
  • Olukumi: ímọ́
  • Yoruba: imú
  • Central Yoruba; Southeast Yoruba: umú
  • Ekiti Yoruba: ụmụ́
  • Onko Yoruba: imọ́
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