East Chadic etymology : List with all references

Proto-EChadic: *gula/il-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'testicles' 1, 'penis' 2

Kabalai: gǝ̀lí [CLR] 1

Dangla: gûllà [Fd] 1

Migama: gólìlè 1, gèllú 2 [JMig]

Bidiya: gùlal 1, guláalá 2 [JBid]

Birgit: gùlā̀lì 1 [CLR: 323]

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *gʷilaʕ-

Meaning: prepuce; testicles; clitoris; vagina

Semitic: *gilaʕ- 'prepuce, clitoris'

Western Chadic: *gʷa(Hi)l- 'testicles'

Central Chadic: *gʷayl- 'vagina', 'testicles' 2

East Chadic: *gula/il- 'testicles' 1, 'penis' 2

Beḍauye (Beja): gálo 'scrotum'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *gʷal- 'testicles'

Low East Cushitic: *gu/el- 'genitals' 1, 'vagina' 2

South Cushitic: *gulal- 'testicles', *gʷalay/ʔ- 'vagina'

Notes: Cf. Bla Review 501.

Number: 2585

Proto-Semitic: *gilaʕ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: prepuce, clitoris

Syrian Aramaic: gǝlaʕtā 'praeputium' [Brock 119] (the other meaning is, strangely enough, 'os palmulae')

Arabic: ǯ̌lʕ 'oter, enlever le prépuce (dans la circoncision)' [BK 1 316]

Mehri: gǝlōt 'clitoris' [JM 118]

Jibbali: giẑʕɔ́t 'clitoris' [JJ 75]

Soqotri: note ʕELHA gilɛ̄́ʕmɔti, gilɛ̄́mɔti 'amygdales; ganglions' [SSL 4 88] (according to [LS 110], gelʕémoh 'grain'); if related, the meaning shift must be very exotic

Notes: As a noun with anatomic connotations reliably attested in ARM and MSA only; note a derived verb in ARB.

Cf. ETH EAST: SEL gole, GUR: MSQ GOG gʷäle 'young man who is not circumcised' [LGur 271]; according to Leslau, from OROMO gole.

Note SOQ ʕELHA gilɛ̄́ʕmɔti, gilɛ̄́mɔti 'amygdales; ganglions' [SSL 4 88] (according to [LS 110], gelʕémoh 'grain'); related with a very specific meaning shift?

Possibly derived from SEM *glʕ 'to uncover' (in HBR PB, ARB, TGR, etc., cf. [LGz 189]) implying that what later acquired the meaning 'prepuce' or related meanings in SYR and ARB, and 'clitoris' in MSA (note that clitoral circumcision is a well-attested practice in MSA speaking areas) originally meant 'the member subject to uncovering (=circumcision)'.

[DRS 131]: SYR, MSA

Proto-WChadic: *gʷa(Hi)l-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'testicles'

Hausa: gwáiwáá, golo

Angas: gwaal

Notes: Sk. 1996, 87

Proto-CChadic: *gʷayl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'vagina' 1, 'testicles' 2

Glavda: ɣwàlà [Kr N 64] 1

Gava: ɣwala [Kr] 1

Cineni=Nakatsa: ɣwala [Kr] 1

Bachama: gwùley [Kr] 1

Gidar: gélẹ 2 [Mouchet]

Zime-Batna: gyèl 2

Bedauye: gálo

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'scrotum'

Notes: Rein Beḍ

Proto-Agaw: *gʷal-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'testicles'

Bilin: gʷäla 'Hoden' Rein

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *gu/el-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'genitals' 1, 'vagina' 2, 'penis' 3

Oromo (Galla): gula 1

Rendille: gul 3, gɛl 2

Arbore: gél 2

Proto-South Cushitic: *gulal- 1, *gʷalay/ʔ- 2

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'testicles' 1, 'vagina' 2

Iraqw (Mbulu): gwalay 2

Alagwa (Wasi): Gorowa golay 2

Asa-Aramanic: gulala 1

Qwadza (Ngomvia): gulala 1, gulaʔ-iko 2

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