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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ɣufr- ~ *ɣVraf- (?)
Meaning: k. of antelope
Notes: Scarce data. Correspondences in Anlaut obscure.
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-wch,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2432
Proto-Semitic: *ɣupr-
Meaning: young of deer
Hebrew: ʕōpär 'a young fallow deer' [KB 862]. In Cant only (ʕōpär hāʔayyālīm in 2.9,17 and 8.14, šǝnē ʕŏ- pārīm tǝʔōmē/toʔŏmē ṣǝbiyyā in 4.5 and 7.4).
Aramaic: Off. ʕpr 'young stag/gazelle' [HJ 879]. Hapax in an economic text (mšky ʕprn 'hides of stags' ATNS 99:2), cf. [Segal 108].
Arabic: ɣafr-, ɣufr- 'petit de chamois ou de chèvre, chevreau', ɣifr- 'veau' [BK 2 483], [Fr. III 85], [Lane 2273-4], [LA V 28].
Notes: Cf. comparable forms with ʕ in Arb.: yaʕfūr-, yuʕfūr- 'ga- zelle; petit de gazelle ou de biche' [BK 2 299], [Fr. III 184], [Lane 2091], [LA IV 585]. Note also Arb. ʕifr-, ʕufr- 'porc, verrat; petit cochon, pourceau' [BK 2 297], [Fr. III 183], [Lane 2089], [LA IV 584], somewhat distant semantically but, if rela- ted, still preserving the original meaning 'young of an animal'. [KB 862]: Hbr., Arb. (ɣufr-); [Hommel 283]: Arb. (ɣufr-), Hbr.
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-hbr,semet-arm,semet-ara,semet-notes,
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *gVraf-
Meaning: 'reedbuck' 1, 'hartebeeste' 2
Kariya: gǝlfǝ 1[SkNb]
Miya: gǝlfi 1[SkNb]
Pa'a: gɨ̣̀lfı́ 1 [MS]
Siri: gǝlafi 1[SkNb]
Ngizim: gǝ̀ràfìyà 2 [ShN]
Notes: -lf- < *-rf-.
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