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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *laḫm-
Meaning: large water animal
Notes: Cf. Bla. Beja Fauna, 20: Beja; Eg. with reservations; Bilin; Saho Afar; Tigre ʔälma 'crockodile' (a loan < Saho?); also Nub.: Kenuzi-Dongola élum, Mahas úlum (Cush.?) Chad.: *Haram- 'crocodile'(Nub ulum [Hoh:326]/ *lVg- 'crocodile'.
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2649
Proto-Semitic: *laḫm-
Meaning: kind of large aquatic animal
Akkadian: laḫmu (laḫamu) 'a monster' OAkk. on [CAD l 41], 'ein mythisches Meerungeheuer' [AHw. 528]. Until recently, l. was known exclusively from literary texts (for its association with water cf. the well-documented expression laḫmū šūt tâmtim 'lahmus, those of the Deep'. Now, interesting evidence for l. as a real, non-mythical creature inhabiting the waters of Euphrates comes from Mari letters for which see [Guichard], [Durand 1993], [Durand 1997 344] (but cf. sceptical observations in [Edzard] and [Cavigneaux]).
Mehri: ǝwzáym (an evident misprint instead of ǝwḫáym) 'shark' [JM 259].
Jibbali: lḫum id. [JJ 167].
Harsusi: léḫem id. [JH 86].
Soqotri: léḥem 'grand poisson, requin' [LS 232].
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: (?) ḫrm(w) (<*ḫVlVm-?)
Meaning: 'crocodile'? (NK)
Notes: 'ein Gewässer' EG III 330. Bla Beja 20: "? Eg (NK) "crockodile", reconstructed after the sign "crocodile" determining the homonymous place name ("ein Gewässer - see Wb. III, 330: cf. W.M.Müller, WZKM 10 [1896], 205 who mentioned the modern name timsāḥ, i.e. "crocodile"; with question mark accepted also by Cohen 1947, 153)"
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Bedauye (Beja) etymology :
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Bedauye: leema (HuB), leéma (Re & Al.)
Meaning: 'crockodile' Bla. Beja Fauna, 20
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Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :
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Proto-Agaw: *(H)alm-
Meaning: 'Boa constrictor'
Bilin: alma 'Riesenshlange; Boa constrictor' Rein. Bil.
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Saho-Afar etymology :
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Proto-Saho-Afar: *(H)i/ul(u)m-
Meaning: 'crockodile/hippopotamus'
Saho: ilmaa 'Krockodil' Rein. Sa.
Afar (Danakil): ulum 'Flusspferd' Rein Af.
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : LVMV
Meaning : large fish
Amerind (misc.) : *(n)amakʷ 'fish' (R 271) ? [+ A] globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-amer,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *lVmbV
Meaning: snake, eel
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *li̯àmba ( ~ *ĺ-, -o)
Meaning: a k. of big fish
Russian meaning: вид большой рыбы
Comments: A Tung.-Jpn. isogloss; but cf. perhaps also Khak. nomza 'dace' ( < *jom-); Tat. jumba, ǯumba 'burbot' (VEWT 210); {WMo nümer 'осьминог'}. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-tung,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *liamba-
Meaning: 1 salmon 2 fish
Russian meaning: 1 лосось 2 рыба
Evenki: lē̂mba 1
Spoken Manchu: nimǝhā 2 (331, 2174)
Literary Manchu: nimaxa 2
Jurchen: limwa-xa (163) 2
Ulcha: ńịmụ 1
Orok: loịma 'trout'
Nanai: ịmaχa 2, ńịmo 1
Comments: ТМС 1, 496, 501. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-sib,tunget-man,tunget-chu,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *nàmà(n)tù
Meaning: sheat-fish
Russian meaning: сом
Middle Japanese: nàmàdù
Tokyo: nàmazu
Kyoto: námàzù
Kagoshima: namazú
Comments: JLTT 492. The Tokyo accent is aberrant (pointing rather to LHH). japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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Eskimo etymology :
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Proto-Eskimo: *nǝmǝʁja-
Meaning: worm, snake, eel
Russian meaning: червь, змея, угорь
Comments: Borrowed from KCh *nɣẹm (~ *lɣ-) 'worm, snake', PCh *'ǝnɣem (~ -lɣ-) id. Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 226
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Yupik etymology :
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Proto-Yupik: *nǝmǝʁja-
Meaning: worm 1, snake 2
Russian Meaning: червь 1, змея 2
Sirenik: nǝmǝ́ʁjaχ 2, 'water worm'
Chaplino: nǝmǝ́ʁjaq (t) 1, 2
Naukan: nǝmǝ́ʁjak 1, 2
Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: nǝmǝʁjaq 'long seaweed, fishline'
Central Alaskan Yupik: nǝmǝʁjaq 'lamprey'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 226
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Inupik etymology :
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Proto-Inupik: *nimiʁia-
Meaning: water worm 1, snake 2, eel 3
Russian meaning: червь (дождевой) 1, змея 2, угорь 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: nimiʁiaq 3
SPI Dialects: Imaq nɨmáʁēq, [nɨmɨ́ʁjaq < Nauk ?] 2
North Alaskan Inupik: nimiʁiaq 1, 2, 'lamprey'
Western Canadian Inupik: nimiʁiaq 2
WCI Dialects: Cop nimiʁiaq 1 (found in pond) [Jen.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nimiʁiaq 2, 'centipede'
Greenlandic Inupik: nimiʁiaq 3
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 226
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Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology :
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Proto-Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *nɣẹm (~ *lɣ-)
Meaning (Rus.): червь
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Chukchee-Koryak etymology :
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Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *'ǝnɣem (~ -lɣ-)
Meaning (Rus.): червь 1, змея 2
Koryak: ǝnɣem, hǝnɣem (I) 1, 2
Palan: hǝnɣem, hǝlɣem 1
Alutor: ǝnɣam 1
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Itelmen etymology :
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Proto-Itelmen: *xim "
Meaning (Rus.): червь
Itelmen: xim-ɣim (xmi'-n pl.)
Itelmen meaning: червь
West Itelmen: xim-ɣ_im (xmi-n pl.) 1, ximti-kaz (ximti-knǝn part.pass.) 2
West Itelmen meaning: vermis 1, verminare 2
West Itelmen meaning (Polish): robak 1, zarobaczyć się, zawszyć się 2
Number in Volodin 1976: 29, 126
Comments: В публикации Дыбовского описка "ч" = [č] вместо pукописного "г" = [ɣ].
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