Where does “aba-ipilẹ” come from?

aba-ipilẹ (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba àbá, from Proto-Bantu à- — Class 1 subject concord.

aba-ipilẹ (Yoruba): hypothesis

Definitions

  1. hypothesis

Ancestry of “aba-ipilẹ”, step by step

aba-ipilẹ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba àbá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaàbáidea, suggestion
2Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord

via Yoruba ìpìlẹ̀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaìpìlẹ̀—
Every word from Proto-Bantu à- →Every word from Yoruba àbá →