On the Eastern Bantu root for six
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2138372 |
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| Authors | A Seidenberg (University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1959 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28-34 |
| Publication date | 1959-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0184 • E-ISSN: 1469-2872 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00020185908707071 |
| OpenAlex | W2050543429 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
SYNOPSIS The almost universal stem for 3 in Bantu is ‐tatu, or a variant, in particular ‐datu. In the northeast the dominant form for 6 is ‐tandatu. It has been asserted that ‐tandatu is a duplication of ‐datu. This etymology is rejected. Instead the etymology ‐tandatu=5+3 is suggested. Evidence is presented to show that ‐tandatu was originally in position 8 but then fell into position 6
Ancient history · Bantu languages · Etymology · Linguistics · Position (finance · Root (linguistics · Australian Indigenous Culture and History · History · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Highly cited | No |
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