Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *fiyal-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'goat'

Dembea: fiyala

Awiya (Aungi): fǝyäli

Notes: > Amh Arg fǝyyäl, Gaf fǝǯǯälä LGur 252 apud CR 1912: 191

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *p/fVllVy/w/ʔ-

Meaning: ungular domestic animal

Semitic: *pVlw/y- 'foal, calf'

Western Chadic: *full- 'cow'

Beḍauye (Beja): filay 'she-camel just foaled'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *fiyal- 'goat'

High East Cushitic: *fillaʔ- 'goat'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2500

Proto-Semitic: *pVlw/y-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: foal, small of domestic animals

Arabic: filw-, faluww-, fuluww- 'poulain, petit de cheval ou d'âne âgé d'un an et sevré' [BK 2 634], [LA XV 162].

Tigre: fǝlit 'Bezeichnung für ein Kuhkalb vom Ende seines ersten Jahres bis zum ersten Kalben' [LH 653], fǝluy 'un veau sevré' [ibid.] (Munzinger).

Soqotri: fólhi 'a yearling calf' [NP 15] (according to [LS 336], 'petit des grandes animaux').

Notes: [LS 336]: Soq., Tgr., Arb.

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *full-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cow'

Guruntum: fwull G, fŭl Ja

Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: filáy

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'she-camel just foaled' (Ammar'ar)

Notes: Bla Beja 9

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *fillaʔ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'goat'

Hadiya (Gudella): fillak-iččo, pl. fillaʔa

Kambatta: felle-čču, pl. felleʔu

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