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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *maʕaw-/*maʕay-
Meaning: wind
Egyptian: mꜣʕw 'wind' (MK)
Western Chadic: *mVʔ- 'coldness, harmattan, cold season'1
Central Chadic: (?) *HVm-/*mVw 'cold wind' 1, 'wind' 2, cold 3 , 'hail' 4
East Chadic: *maHay- 'wind'
afaset-meaning,afaset-egy,afaset-wch,afaset-cch,afaset-ech,

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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: mꜣʕw (MK)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'wind'
Notes: -ꜣ- stands for a vowel of the first syllable.
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,egyet-notes,

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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *mVʔ-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'coldness, harmattan, cold season'1
Ngizim: múà-mà [Sh]
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-ngz,

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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *HVm-/*mVw-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'cold wind' 1, 'wind' 2, cold; (n.) 3 , 'hail' 4
Mofu-Gudur: mé-me-ḍ 2,3 (accord.to Barreteau < meḍ meḍ 'trembler')
Gisiga: hime-ḍ 1 [Luk]
Mada: ama-d 3, mewwe 4 [BaMad]
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-mof,cchet-gis,cchet-bld,

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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *maHay-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'wind' 1, 'cold wind' 2
Dangla: mṑy 1 [Fd]
Mokilko: màayé 1, màyé 2 [Jg]
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-dng,echet-mkk,

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