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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *(ʔa-)swaʔ-
Meaning: 'elephant'
Masa: Kulung sṓ, Banana àx̃oʔa 'elephant' Bla. Eleph., 201 (apud Lukas)
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-mas,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *(ʔV-)swaʔ-
Meaning: elephant/rhinoceros
Notes: Bla Eleph., 201: "Beja has only doubtful parallels in NOm." (Bask., Wol. and Zaisse; also Kačama šoro not belonging here)..."if we accept a loss of -r- in Beja" (we do not) "if these forms are not borrowed from ECush. *warš-" (they are rather not)
afaset-meaning,afaset-cch,afaset-bed,afaset-dhl,afaset-omo,afaset-notes,
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Bedauye (Beja) etymology :
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Bedauye: šē, pl. ša
Meaning: 'rhinoceros'
Notes: Bla. Eleph., 201
bedet-prnum,bedet-meaning,bedet-notes,
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Dahalo etymology :
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Dahalo: ʔùšò
Meaning: 'bull elephant'
Notes: Ehr. HRSC, 295 (strangely compared to Qw. onayo id. and reconstructed as *ʔuc̣o with a still stranger remark "underlying *ʔuroma-
dhlet-prnum,dhlet-meaning,dhlet-notes,
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Omotic etymology :
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Proto-Omotic: *ʔu-swaʔ-
Meaning: 'rhinoceros'
Ometo: Bask. ošáʔ, Wol. oswā, Zala osoā 'rhinoceros' Bla. Eleph., 201
omoet-prnum,omoet-meaning,omoet-ome,
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