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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *hay-
Meaning: cereals
Egyptian: ỉhy 'cereal' (OK)
Western Chadic: *hay- 'corn' 1, 'kind of millet' 2,'seed' 3
Central Chadic: *xay- 'seed'
Notes: Cf. CCh *ḥay- 'corn, guinea corn' (Zgh ciya, Glv ciya, Gudu cǝi, HNk ca, Kap ca, FK ca, Gdr hay) with a different laryngeal *ḥ-
afaset-meaning,afaset-egy,afaset-wch,afaset-cch,afaset-notes,

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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: ỉhy
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'cereals' (OK)
Notes: Orthographic representation of *hVy-
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,egyet-notes,

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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *hay-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'corn' 1, 'kind of millet' 2,'seed' 3
Angas: he 1 [Fl]
Tangale: ai 2 [JgT]
Boghom: yey 3 [Cs]
Fyer: hay 2 [JgR]
Bokos: [JgR]hay 2
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-ang,wchet-tng,wchet-bgh,wchet-fyr,wchet-bks,

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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *xay-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'seed'
Malgwa: xiyà
Glavda: xiyà
Gudu: xǝĭ
Notes: CCh *xay goes to AA *ḫay, not to *hVy
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-zgh,cchet-glv,cchet-gdu,cchet-notes,

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