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Omotic etymology :
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Proto-Omotic: *(H)azagVy- (*-z- may render *-ǯ-)
Meaning: 'hippopotamus'
Ometo: Kačama azāgē, Koyra azzāgē, azzagi, Ganjule azagé 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 204
omoet-prnum,omoet-meaning,omoet-ome,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔaǯV(n)g(ʷ)-Vm-
Meaning: elephant/hippopotamus
Notes: Cf. Bla. Eleph., 204: NOm., NBauchi and, with a question mark, CCh. (Gidar and Lame) which may not belong here. The Anlaut *ʔ- is proposed on a very tentative basis: in Ngizim, acc. to Stolb., 1996, 74 *h- and *ʔ- may render 0, while in Yaaku, acc. to Bla. CL., 2, only *ʔ yields 0. Cf. HSED 2658: WCh *ǯun-H- 'rhinoceros' (in North Bauchi: acc. to Skin NB 26, all the forms quoted in HSED mean 'hippopotamus'); CCh *čuwan- ("irregulat *č-") 'elephant', ECh *ǯun- id.; Afaw *ǯihun- id.
afaset-meaning,afaset-egy,afaset-wch,afaset-mgg,afaset-omo,afaset-notes,
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: (?) zꜣg.t
Meaning: 'Fabeltier' (MK)
Notes: EG III 422
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,egyet-notes,
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *(Ha)ǯi(n)gʷ-Vm-
Meaning: 'hippopotamus'
Diri: ǯuŋgwa 'hippopotamus' Skin. NB, 26
Pa'a: ǯuŋgwa 'hippopotamus' Skin. NB, 26 'hippopotamus' Skin. NB, 26
Siri: ǯiŋwa 'hippopotamus' Skin. NB, 26
Ngizim: àžagúm 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 204 apud Schuch
Notes: Cf. HSED, 2658 where the NBauchi forms are are misquoted with the meaning 'rhinoceros'. Cf. WCh 1393 *ǯungwa 'rhinoceros' (cf. Bla. Eleph., 200 and )
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-dir,wchet-paa,wchet-sir,wchet-ngz,wchet-notes,
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Mogogodo etymology :
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Mogogodo: sogómèi
Meaning: 'elephant'
Notes: s- in Yaaku renders *z- (see Bla. CL, 2), which, in its turn, is likely to render *ǯ, while -g- must be from *-g-.
mgget-prnum,mgget-meaning,mgget-notes,
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