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Bedauye (Beja) etymology :
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Bedauye: kʷahi (<*ḳʷaḥ-?)
Meaning: 'egg'
bedet-prnum,bedet-meaning,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *(ʔan-)ḳʷa(n)ḥ-
Meaning: egg
Notes: Borrowing to Eth from ECu or visa versa is possible. Cf. SIFKYa 282; HSED, 1471 *koh- 'egg ': Hs, Grk; Beja; Gaw. Cf. Bla Review 503. Cf. *ʔ/ʕugaḥ/h- 'egg' and *ḳʷay(ʔ)- id.
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-bed,afaset-sho,afaset-lec,afaset-hec,afaset-scu,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2612
Proto-Semitic: *(ʔan-)ḳʷaḥḳʷaḥ-
Meaning: 'egg'
Syrian Aramaic: ḳawḳiḥ 'clamavit (gallina)' [Brock 656]
Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔanḳoḳǝho, ʔǝnḳoḳǝho, ʔanḳoḳʷǝho, ʔǝnḳoḳʷǝho, ʔanḳoḳǝḥo, ʔǝnḳoḳǝho [LGz 31]
Tigre: ʔǝnḳoḳḥo [LH 372] (cf. also ḳoḳaḥ 'frankoline partridge' [ibid. 248])
Tigrai (Tigriñña): ʔǝnḳʷaḳʷǝḥo [Bass 529]
Gafat: anḳʷä [LGaf 180]
Harari: aḳuḥ [LHar 30] (*-n- assimilated?)
East Ethiopic: WOL ǝnḳaḳot, ǝnḳaʔot, ZWY ǝnḳāḳu [LGur 68]
Gurage: EŽA MUH MSQ GOG anḳʷä, SOD anḳo [ibid.]
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-syr,semet-gzz,semet-tgr,semet-tgy,semet-gaf,semet-hrr,semet-east,semet-gur,
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Saho-Afar etymology :
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Proto-Saho-Afar: *ʔunḳoḳoh-̣
Meaning: 'egg'
Saho: unḳoḳoḥo (coll.)
Notes: SIFKYa 282. A loan from Eth.?
shoet-prnum,shoet-meaning,shoet-saho,shoet-notes,
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ʔanḳaḳu
Meaning: 'egg'
Oromo (Galla): Mač̣č̣a anḳaḳu (T ankako)
Notes: SIFKYa 282. <Eth.?
lecet-prnum,lecet-meaning,lecet-oro,lecet-notes,
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High East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-High East Cushitic: *ḳunḳ-
Meaning: 'egg'
Hadiya (Gudella): ḳunḳa
Notes: SIFKYa 282
hecet-prnum,hecet-meaning,hecet-had,hecet-notes,
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South Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-South Cushitic: *ḳanḥ-
Meaning: 'egg'
Iraqw (Mbulu): qânḥi
Alagwa (Wasi): qanaʔi, Gorowa qánî́ʔi
Burunge (Mbulungi): qanaya
Notes: According to Ehr HRSC 36, *-ḥ > -ḥ both in Iraqw and Alg and Bur.
scuet-prnum,scuet-meaning,scuet-irq,scuet-alg,scuet-bur,scuet-notes,
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