 | This Proto-Yoruboid entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence. |
Ultimately proposed to be fromProto-Volta-Congo*-na-. SeeAyereúná,Proto-Nupoid*ə-na, Proto Ebiroid:Ebira*ɪ-ra,Oko-Eni-Osayenɛ́rá, perhaps related toKhanamíá, several Plateau terms are also potential cognates,Ahwaiirya,Kuturmiira,Ikuluù-lá.
*ʊ́-nã́