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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ʔu-gas- 1, *ha-ngas- 2, 3
Meaning: 'tribal chief'1, 'eldest son' 2, 'first-born son, father's heir' 3
Somali: ugaas 1
Oromo (Galla): (h)angafa 2 (Gragg), angafu 3; cf. gosa 'kind, variety, tribe, group, people, class' (<Amh gʷäsa 'thnic group, tribe'?) Gr 183
lecet-prnum,lecet-meaning,lecet-som,lecet-oro,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *g(ʷ)ayĉ- ~ *ʔa-n-guĉ-
Meaning: chief by inheritance
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-brb,afaset-cch,afaset-lec,afaset-hec,afaset-scu,afaset-omo,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 41
Proto-Semitic: *gyŝ ~ *ngŝ
Meaning: 'collect tribesmen for battle or help' ~ 'to collect tribute; to rule'
Hebrew: ngŝ 'to collect (offerings); force to work (people)'; pt. 'slave-driver; tyrant', pl. 'ruling body'
Arabic: niǯāš- 'ruler'; nǯš 'ê. le compère de qn. dans (une vente)'
Epigraphic South Arabian: ngŝ 'to impose tribute', ngŝwn 'king's title'; gys2 'unit, detachment' SD 52
Geʕez (Ethiopian): nǝguŝ LGz 392
Tigre: nägsä 'to be the king (negus)'
Amharic: gʷäsa, gosa 'race, tribe, people' Baet 1050 (LGur 297-8: < Cu)
Harari: gīsti 'mistress of the house LGur 298 (also gifti <Oromo?)
Gurage: Cha gaše, Eža Muh Sod gašše form of address to an elder brother LGur 299; cf. gʷäsa 'kinship, common ancestor, relatives, social class' (LGur 297-8: < Cu); *gist 'lady, respectable old lady; a fwm. spirit that possesses a person' (ibid. 298)
Jibbali: s̃ǝ-gēŝ 'collect (tribe for battle, etc.), s̃ǝ-gyéŝ 'go and ask one's fellow-tribesmen to come and help' (otherwise < 1029
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-hbr,semet-ara,semet-sar,semet-gzz,semet-tgr,semet-amh,semet-hrr,semet-gur,semet-jib,
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Berber etymology :
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Proto-Berber: *-gazzVy-
Meaning: 'nephew, sister's son/daughter, grand son/daughter; sister's posterity'
Ayr: te-găze, pl. ši-gǝzz
Ahaggar (Tahaggart): te-gǝhe, pl. ti-ḡǝhiw-în
Tawllemmet: te-găze, pl. ti-gǝzza
brbet-prnum,brbet-meaning,brbet-ayr,brbet-ahg,brbet-twl,
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *ma-nVgaĉ-
Meaning: 'bridegroom'
Gisiga: ma-ngaŝ [LGis]
Mada: ma-kas̃ [BMad]
Notes: note regressive devoicing in Mada
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-gis,cchet-bld,cchet-notes,
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High East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-High East Cushitic: *gos-
Meaning: 'kinship, common ancestor, relatives' 1, 'God, master' 2
Darasa (Gedeo): gosa LGur 298 (meanings taken from those in Gur)
Hadiya (Gudella): gōšta 2 LGur 299
hecet-prnum,hecet-meaning,hecet-dar,hecet-had,
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South Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-South Cushitic: *ʔa-gogeš-
Meaning: 'uncle'
Asa-Aramanic: agogeš
scuet-prnum,scuet-meaning,scuet-asa,
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Omotic etymology :
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Proto-Omotic: *(ʔan-)gus/š-
Meaning: 'man' 1, 'first-born son' 2
Ometo: angussaa (Cer 199: Zaisse angussō 'fratello maggiore') 2
Bworo (Shinasha): nuŋguša [Fl], nuguššá [Lmb Sh] 1
Dizi (Maji): ñakus 1
Dime: goštu <*gʷiĉ-t- 1
omoet-prnum,omoet-meaning,omoet-ome,omoet-bwo,omoet-maj,omoet-dim,
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