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Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ɪ́-bà

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

Etymology

Compare with Nupe eba, Ayere iba, Ibibio mba (“fatigue”), Gade rI-bà, Igbo ịbà, Yekhee iba, perhaps from an old-root referring to sickness, see Proto-Oti-Volta *ba

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪ́.bà/

Noun

*ɪ́-bà

  1. fever, malaria

Descendants
  • Igala: íbà
  • Yoruba: ibà
  • Ekiti Yoruba: ịbà
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