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East Chadic etymology :
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Proto-EChadic: *sam-sam-
Meaning: 'flea'
Lele: sàmàsàmà [Grg]
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-lle,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *samsam- (?)
Meaning: insect
Notes: Scarce data.
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-ech,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2529
Proto-Semitic: *šumšum-
Meaning: ant
Judaic Aramaic: šumšǝmānā 'ant' [Ja. 1537] (in [Levy WT II 466] and [Levy WTM IV 527] also šūšǝmānā, šūmǝšānā).
Syrian Aramaic: šawšǝmānā 'formica; myrmecoleo' [Brock. 767], [PS 4343].
Mandaic Aramaic: šušmana 'ant' [DM 458].
Arabic: sumsum- 'fourmie rouge' [BK 1 1138], [Fr. II 353], [Lane 1420], [LA XII 305] (in the last two sources also simsimat- and sam(m)āmat-).
Notes: Cf. Sod. mašo 'kind of ant' [LGur. 433] (metathesis of an original non-reduplicated base?). Cf. Tgr. šašǝnte 'ants' [LH 214] with -n- instead of -m- (note the similarity in morphological structure with the Arm. forms), but see Tna. šišo 'specie di formica grossa e nera, il cui pizzico e doloroso' [Bass. 226] (compared to *sV̄s- 'moth', No. ...).
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-jud,semet-syr,semet-mnd,semet-ara,semet-notes,
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