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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḥanVn-
Meaning: penis, testicles
Notes: Dissimilation in CCh. ?
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-egy,afaset-cch,afaset-lec,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1922
Proto-Semitic: *ḥann-
Meaning: (feminine) genital organ, uterus
Aramaic: OFF ḥn 'vagina' [HJ 387] (uncertain)
Syrian Aramaic: ḥannā 'sinus; penis; cunnus, vagina' [Brock 242]; ḥannūtā 'uterus' [ibid.]
Mandaic Aramaic: (?) hana 'privy parts', also 'lap, loins, embrace' [DM 124]. One cannot be sure whether this is derived from *ḥann- or should be interpreted in the same way as the JUD example below
Arabic: ḥann-at- 'femme, épouse' [BK 1 499]. A semantic shift well attested in SEM (cf. Introduction) and elsewhere
Tigre: ḥǝnot 'foetus' [LH 85], ḥannä 'to be with child' [ibid. 84]; cf. ḥante 'lap, the lower parts' [ibid. 83] (<*ḥan-t-ay)
Notes: Scarcely attested and semantically diverse, though supported by AFRASIAN data. Note that ARM: JUD ḥēnā 'lap, bosom' [Ja 481] is rather from *ḥayn- <*ḥaʔn- <*ḥaʕn- <*ḥaṣ̂n- {} *ḥaĉ̣n- (No. ). The same process seems to be assumed in [Brock 242] and [DM 124] for the respective SYR and MND forms, which at least for SYR is rather doubtful in view of the gemination of -n- and the -a- vocalism of the base.
[Maizel 222]
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-arm,semet-syr,semet-mnd,semet-ara,semet-tgr,semet-notes,
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: ḥnn
Meaning: 'penis' (pyr)
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *Hamun-
Meaning: 'penis'
Mbara: hùm(ù)này [TMba]
Logone: ɣumni [Lk]
Musgu: ḥámɔn
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-mba,cchet-log,cchet-msg,
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ḥenin-
Meaning: 'testicles'
Somali: ḥeeniin
lecet-prnum,lecet-meaning,lecet-som,
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