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High East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-High East Cushitic: *wāt-an-
Meaning: 'calf'
Hadiya (Gudella): wātānčo LGur 670
Kambatta: wātānču LGur 670; waataan-ču pl. 'new born calf' HEC 35
hecet-prnum,hecet-meaning,hecet-had,hecet-kmb,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *taʔ/y/w- ~ *w/yat-
Meaning: cow, calf, (young of) antelope
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-wch,afaset-cch,afaset-lec,afaset-hec,afaset-scu,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2534
Proto-Semitic: *tāʔ/y-
Meaning: kind of antelope
Hebrew: tǝʔō, constr. tō(ʔ) 'antelope' [KB 1673], pB. 'wild ox (?)' [Ja. 1641]. In Dt 14.5 (among wild hoofed animals allowed for food) and Is 51.20 (bānayik ʕullǝpū šākǝbū // bǝrō(ʔ)š kol-ḥūṣōt kǝtō(ʔ) mikmār 'your sons lie in faint // on any crossroad, like a t. caught in a snare'). Suggestions for a more exact faunal identification see in [Talshir 252].
Tigre: tay (pl. tayatat) 'young of gazelle' [LH 320].
Amharic: (?) tǝw(w) 'small elephant' [K 994]. Semantically somewhat remote.
Notes: Reconstruction is not very reliable since it is difficult to say what diachronic backround is behind Hbr. tǝʔō (the proto-form *tāʔ- relies on the construct state tō(ʔ)). One won- ders whether -y [-i] in tʔy [tāʔi] from the Samaritan Pentateuch may correspond to -ay in Tgr. An alternative parallel in Tgr. may be wäʔat 'cow' [LH 441] if a metathetic development *taʔaw- > *waʔat- is assumed.
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-hbr,semet-tgr,semet-amh,semet-notes,
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *yat-
Meaning: 'buffalo'
Daffo-Butura: yàt CLR II 50
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-dfb,
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *tay-
Meaning: 'cow'
Musgu: tai CLR II 93
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-msg,
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *(ʔi-)wāt-
Meaning: 'calf, cow'
Oromo (Galla): waatii Gr 395 'calf, baby'
Elmolo: Elmolo íwate 'Thomson's gazelle' Heine 1980, 206; ʔóot 'cows, cattle' ibid., 208
lecet-prnum,lecet-meaning,lecet-oro,lecet-dum,
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South Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-South Cushitic: *taw-
Meaning: 'heifer'
Ma'a (Mbugu): taw-o
Notes: Hei Ya 127 (Yaaku < Maʔa)
scuet-prnum,scuet-meaning,scuet-maa,scuet-notes,
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