Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔaǯV(n)g(ʷ)-Vm-

Meaning: elephant/hippopotamus

Egyptian: zʔg- 'fabulous animal' (?)

Western Chadic: (Ha)ǯi(n)gʷ-Vm- 'hippopotamus'

Mogogodo (Yaaku): *sogomVy 'elephant' (<*ǯVgVm-Vy?)

Omotic: *(H)azagVy- (*-z- may render *-ǯ-) 'hippopotamus'

Notes: Cf. Bla. Eleph., 204: NOm., NBauchi and, with a question mark, CCh. (Gidar and Lame) which may not belong here. The Anlaut *ʔ- is proposed on a very tentative basis: in Ngizim, acc. to Stolb., 1996, 74 *h- and *ʔ- may render 0, while in Yaaku, acc. to Bla. CL., 2, only *ʔ yields 0. Cf. HSED 2658: WCh *ǯun-H- 'rhinoceros' (in North Bauchi: acc. to Skin NB 26, all the forms quoted in HSED mean 'hippopotamus'); CCh *čuwan- ("irregulat *č-") 'elephant', ECh *ǯun- id.; Afaw *ǯihun- id.

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: (?) zꜣg.t

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'Fabeltier' (MK)

Notes: EG III 422

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *(Ha)ǯi(n)gʷ-Vm-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hippopotamus'

Diri: ǯuŋgwa 'hippopotamus' Skin. NB, 26

Pa'a: ǯuŋgwa 'hippopotamus' Skin. NB, 26 'hippopotamus' Skin. NB, 26

Siri: ǯiŋwa 'hippopotamus' Skin. NB, 26

Ngizim: àžagúm 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 204 apud Schuch

Notes: Cf. HSED, 2658 where the NBauchi forms are are misquoted with the meaning 'rhinoceros'. Cf. WCh 1393 *ǯungwa 'rhinoceros' (cf. Bla. Eleph., 200 and )

Mogogodo etymology :

Mogogodo: sogómèi

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'elephant'

Notes: s- in Yaaku renders *z- (see Bla. CL, 2), which, in its turn, is likely to render *ǯ, while -g- must be from *-g-.

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *(H)azagVy- (*-z- may render *-ǯ-)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hippopotamus'

Ometo: Kačama azāgē, Koyra azzāgē, azzagi, Ganjule azagé 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 204

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