Afroasiatic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *y/wa-pan- ?

Meaning: bull; buffalo

Semitic: *yapan- 'young bull'

Central Chadic: *(u/n-)fVn 'buffalo'

Warazi (Dullay): *wayfan- 'bull' (<Amh?)

South Cushitic: *faʔan/m- 'elephant' 1, 'buffalo' 2 (?)

Number: 2552

Proto-Semitic: *yapan-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: young bull

Ugaritic: ypt 'vaca, becerra' [DLU 534]. Likely to be normalized as /yapattu/ < *yapan-t-. The only clear attestation is 1.10 III 3: ʔalp lbtlt ʕnt // wypt lybmt lʔim[m] 'a bull for the Virgin ʕnt // a cow for the Betrothed of the nations'.

Arabic: yafan- 'jeune taureau âgé de quatre ans', yafanat- 'vache, vache pleine' [BK 2 1631], [Fr. IV 521], [LA XIII 457] (only yafan-). Cf. also fanāt- 'vache' [BK 2 640], [Fr. III 376], [Lane 2451], [LA XVI 166].

Geʕez (Ethiopian): tayfan (tafen, tefan) 'young bullock' [LGz. 582].

Tigrai (Tigriñña): täfin (täfänti) 'giovenco, bue non ancora domato' [Bass. 423].

Amharic: wäyfän 'young bullock, calf of 2-3 years' [K 1561].

Gurage: Muh. Msq. Gog. wäfen, Cha. Eža wäfer, Gyt. wä̃fēr, Enm. End. wä̃fīr, Enm. wämfīr, Sod. Wol. mofän, Sel. mōfän, Sod. mofen 'young bull, steer' [LGur. 645].

Notes: All Eth. forms exhibit prefixal elements tV-, mV-, wV- whose origin is not clear. Arb. fanāt- might reflect the oldest bicon- sonantal prototype of the present root. [LGz. 582]: Gez., Eth., Arb. (yafan-); [DLU 534]: Ugr., Arb.

Proto-CChadic: *(u/n-)fVn

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'buffalo'

Gabin: Gaʔanda (Gabin) ufana 'buffalo' Sk. Ant. 23

Hidkala: Higi Dakwa funu 'buffalo' Sk. Ant. 23

Higi Futu: Higi Kml nfun 'buffalo' Tak. II, 474, apud Meek

Fali Kiria: Fali Kiria nfu 'buffalo' Sk. Ant. 23 (met.?)

Gude: uwena 'buffalo' Sk. Ant. 23 (acc. to Stolb. 1996, 146, *HVf- > *HVv-)

Nzangi: uwūne 'buffalo' Fali Kiria nfu 'buffalo' Sk. Ant. 23 (acc. to Stolb. 1996, 146, *HVf- > *HVv-)

Masa: vûnnā 'buffalo' Tak. II, 474 apud Jung. (acc. to Stolb. 1966, *-p- > Masa -f-/ -v-); afunta id. Sk. Ant. 23

Notes: Tak.: might be related to *kbn {nonsense}

Proto-Warazi: *wayfan-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bull'

Harso (Werize): wayfanakko

Gollango (Wellango): woyfanna

Notes: Dull 271

Proto-South Cushitic: *faʔan/m- (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'elephant' 1, 'buffalo' 2

Asa-Aramanic: faʔanok 1

Qwadza (Ngomvia): faʔamo 2

Notes: HRSC 93 *faʔ- 'sp. large herbivore'

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