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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *kVnaḥ-
Meaning: darkness; night
Egyptian: knḥ.w 'darkness'(BD)
Western Chadic: *kwan- 'overshadow' 1, black' 2 , 'night'
East Chadic: *kyanaH- 'night'
afaset-meaning,afaset-egy,afaset-wch,afaset-ech,

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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: knḥ.w
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'darkness' (BD)
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,

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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *kan-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'overshadow' 1, 'black' 2 , 'night' 3
Tangale: kane 1 [JgT]
Gera: ma-kana 2 [Sh]
Fyer: ŋgwèn 3 [JgR] < gwn?
Notes: voicing inFyer after a pref.?
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-tng,wchet-ger,wchet-fyr,wchet-notes,

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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *kyanaH-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'night'
Nanchere: kenā [Lk: 90]
Notes: cf. ECh N 1157 'sleep' 2 , 'sleep' 3(n.)
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-nch,echet-notes,

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