Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *(ʔV-)swaʔ-

Meaning: elephant/rhinoceros

Central Chadic: (ʔa-)swaʔ- 'elephant'

Beḍauye (Beja): *Say- 'rhinoceros'

Dahalo (Sanye): *ʔušw- 'bull elephant'

Omotic: *ʔu-swaʔ- 'rhinoceros'

Notes: Bla Eleph., 201: "Beja has only doubtful parallels in NOm." (Bask., Wol. and Zaisse; also Kačama šoro not belonging here)..."if we accept a loss of -r- in Beja" (we do not) "if these forms are not borrowed from ECush. *warš-" (they are rather not)

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *(ʔa-)swaʔ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'elephant'

Masa: Kulung sṓ, Banana àx̃oʔa 'elephant' Bla. Eleph., 201 (apud Lukas)

Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: šē, pl. ša

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'rhinoceros'

Notes: Bla. Eleph., 201

Dahalo etymology :

Dahalo: ʔùšò

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bull elephant'

Notes: Ehr. HRSC, 295 (strangely compared to Qw. onayo id. and reconstructed as *ʔuc̣o with a still stranger remark "underlying *ʔuroma-

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *ʔu-swaʔ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'rhinoceros'

Ometo: Bask. ošáʔ, Wol. oswā, Zala osoā 'rhinoceros' Bla. Eleph., 201

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