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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: ꜣb.w
Meaning: 'elephant' OK E-G I, 7; 'rhinoceros' MK Blaz. Eleph., 198 apud Störk 1975, 1214-50
Notes: That ꜣb.w (OK-MK) is phonetically rather ʔVb- than rab- or lab- is corroborated by OInd. ibha- 'elephant' (Blaz. Eleph., 198 apud Mayhofer I, 90; III, 644) and Latin ebur < Eg. ꜣb 'ivory' (ibid., apud Ivanov 1984, 71), though, theoretically, both loanwords could have been borrowed into Indo-European languages after *r had become ʔ in Egyptian (a disputable process both phonetically and chronologically)
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,egyet-notes,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔab- (?)
Meaning: elephant
Notes: Common AA status questionable. Cf. Bl. Eleph., 198, 202; Eg ꜣb.w may be <*rVb- or *lVb- as well
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-egy,afaset-cch,afaset-agw,afaset-hec,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1976
Proto-Semitic: *ʔabaw-at-
Meaning: 'elephant'
Tigre: ʔabot name of an elephant (poet.) LT 367
Notes: Cf. Akk. ub/pātum `dicke (= trächtige?) Kuh' (fat cow [= big with a calf?]) OB; u. < ebû; AHw., p.1400; Zway bāt (Z)
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-tgr,semet-notes,
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *ʔa(m)b-
Meaning: 'elephant/hippopotamus'
Gisiga: ʔabu 'hippopotamus' Bl. Eleph., 202; together with ngabu called "the later loans...from Ful", which is obviously so in the latter case (Ful ngabu, pl. gabi), but hardly so in case of ʔabu.
Buduma=Yedina: ambu 'elephant' Bl. Eleph. 198 apud Sölken; comp. to Log. nevi, Makeri árfu, etc.; Ngala ambu (also amwe, anwe) Porkh., 34
Notes: Both Blaz. Eleph., 198 and Porkh., 34 unite all Kotoko forms reconstructing *ʔarbu/i (Blazek, ibid.) and *Vr(V)pV (Porkh. ibid.; irregularity of the reflexes of *p is is explained by the "combinatorial influence of the sonant", which is far from convincing). One cannot exclude two (or even three) different roots
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-gis,cchet-bud,cchet-notes,
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Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :
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Proto-Agaw: *biw-
Meaning: 'hippo'
Khamir: bíwā 'Hippopotamus' Rein Cham., 351
Dembea: `
Notes: Comp. in Bl. Eleph., 202 to *yibeh- - see *(yV)bih/ḥ- 'hippo'
agwet-prnum,agwet-meaning,agwet-xmr,agwet-dmb,agwet-notes,
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High East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-High East Cushitic: *bVwVy-
Meaning: 'hippopotamus'
Burji (Bambala, Dashe): bóoy-ee 'hippopotamus' Sass. Burji, 40; acc. to Sasse, the same word as booy-ée 'domestic pig', both forms very likely loanwords from Oromo bóoyy-ee 'wild boar' from PECush *booy(y)- 'naked'; in view of Khamir bíwā 'hippopotamus' doubts in Sasse's etymology may arise
hecet-prnum,hecet-meaning,hecet-bmb,
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