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Berber etymology :
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Proto-Berber: *dVmdVm ~ *a-dVmm-an
Meaning: 'violet, brown'
Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): ddǝmdǝm 'violet'
Shilh (Tashelhit): adǝmmani 'brown, bronze coloured' DRB 343
Notes: Tamazight adǝmman 'brown, bronze coloured' DRB 343
brbet-prnum,brbet-meaning,brbet-qbl,brbet-shl,brbet-notes,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *(ʔa-)dVm- ~ *diʔm-
Meaning: red
Low East Cushitic: *di(H)m- 'red'
Notes: cf. HSED, 686 *diʔim- (Akk. dʔm, Amh., Har.; Eg.; Awiya; Saho; Or.; Sid., Dar.; Qw.)
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-brb,afaset-egy,afaset-ech,afaset-agw,afaset-sho,afaset-lec,afaset-hec,afaset-scu,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1985
Proto-Semitic: *(ʔa-)dām-
Meaning: 'red'
Akkadian: adamātu (adumātu) s. pl. tantum 'dark red earth (used as a dye)' OB [CAD a1 94] (otherwise from "earth"), adamu (adammu, adumu) OAkk on 'a red garment' [ibid. 95]; cf. metathetic (SB) daʔmu 'dark-colored, dark-red' [ibid. d 74]
Ugaritic: ʔidm 'red (?)' [DLU 9]; ʔadmānu ' red (earth)' [Huehn 104]
Hebrew: ʔādōm 'reddish(-brown), of blood, grape-juice, lentils, cow, horse, skin' [KB, 15], ʔădamdām 'bright red, reddish' [ibid.]
Arabic: dmm 'teindre en rouge' [BK 1 728]
Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔaddāmāwi 'red' [LGz 8]
Amharic: addämä 'to be blood-red' [LGz 8] (otherwise <"blood"; dama 'brown (mule, horse), reddish' [LGur 207]
Harari: (?) Harari däma 'brown, of dark color (man)' [LHar 56]
Gurage: (all dialects) dama 'brown (mule, horse), reddish' [LGur 207], Masqan dämyä 'red (maize)', Chaha Muher etc. dämyät 'red, reddish' [ibid. 210]
Notes: acc. to Leslau, all SEth forms are < Oromo dama
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-akk,semet-uga,semet-hbr,semet-ara,semet-gzz,semet-amh,semet-hrr,semet-gur,semet-notes,
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: ỉdmy (pyr)
Meaning: 'red cloth'
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,
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East Chadic etymology :
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Proto-EChadic: *dind- (<*dimdVm-)
Meaning: 'red'
Dangla: dinda Sk 1992, 346
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-dng,
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Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :
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Proto-Agaw: *dVmm-
Meaning: 'red'
Awiya (Aungi): dǝ́mmá
Notes: Kunfäl demé
agwet-prnum,agwet-meaning,agwet-aun,agwet-notes,
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Saho-Afar etymology :
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Proto-Saho-Afar: *dum-
Meaning: 'red'
Saho: duma
shoet-prnum,shoet-meaning,shoet-saho,
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High East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-High East Cushitic: *duʔm-
Meaning: 'red'
Sidamo: duumo, duuʔmo
Darasa (Gedeo): diimma
hecet-prnum,hecet-meaning,hecet-sid,hecet-dar,
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South Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-South Cushitic: *dimay-
Meaning: 'red'
Qwadza (Ngomvia): dimayi-
Notes: [Ehr 388]
scuet-prnum,scuet-meaning,scuet-kwz,scuet-notes,
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