A diachronic onomasiological approach to early Bantu oil palm vocabulary

Despite its ancient and long-lasting importance to sub-Saharan African economies, there has been no systematic attempt to reconstruct Proto-Bantu vocabulary referring to the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.). Scholars have identified four common noun stems for 'oil palm', i.e. *-bida (cl....

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Main Author: Koen Bostoen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LibraryPress@UF 2005-06-01
Series:Studies in African Linguistics
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107328