Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḥang-ur-

Meaning: throat, gorge

Semitic: *ḥangūr- 'larynx' 1, 'goiter' 2, 'throat' 3

Berber: *(H)VngVr 'lament, mourn' (?)

Egyptian: ḥngg (18 Dyn) 'gorge'

Low East Cushitic: *hangur- 'throat' (?)

Notes: In LEC h- instead of the expected *ḥ- (an Arabism?). Cf. *ʕVng- 'neck; palate'; *ḥank(-ar)- 'palate, gorge, uvula' and *ḥanuḳ(-ar)- 'palate, inside of mouth, gorge'.

Semitic etymology :

Number: 147

Proto-Semitic: *ḥangūr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'larynx' 1, 'goiter' 2, 'throat' 3

Arabic: ḥanǯar-at-, ḥunǯūr- 1 BK 1 501 (cf. ḥunǯūd- id. ibid.)

Geʕez (Ethiopian): Cf. ḫǝngat 2 LGz 263 (ḫ- instead of the expected *ḥ- may be purely graphic)

Harari: ḥangūr 3 (also 'food') LHar 84

East Ethiopic: Zw angäro, Wol angoro, Sel angōro 3 LGur 62

Notes: Har, Sel, Wol and Zw are considered Arb loans in (Lesl Loanwords 132).

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *(H)VngVr (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'lament, mourn'

Ghadames: ǝngǝr 'pleurer un mort' Lan 240

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: ḥngg (18 Dyn)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'Schlund'

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *hangur- (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'throat'

Somali: hungúri Abr 112

Boni: haŋúre SAM 1978 63

Notes: h- instead of the expected *ḥ-. A Sem loan?

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