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Omotic etymology :
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Proto-Omotic: *far- (?)
Meaning: 'horn'
Ometo: Shakko fära 'horn' Bla. Eleph., 196; comp. with She fäl, Benčo päl, fäl id. (all apud Mukarovsky). Though in Dolg.1973, 337, *-l- yields -r- in Ometo allowing for Shakko fära <*fäla, this correspondence requires further investigation, and for the moment, I prefer to separate the Shekko form from the She and Bencho terms in -l.
omoet-prnum,omoet-meaning,omoet-ome,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *piʔVr-
Meaning: elephant/rhinoceros (< horn?)
Notes: Cf. Sem. *pīl-, Gz. falfal- id. Cf. Ill.-Sv. 1966, 26 (Sem. and Margi) and, in this connecrion, *pi/al- 'elephant; aardvark'. Cf. Bla. Eleph., 196, where various Afras. forms in -r and -l, some meaning 'elephant/rhinoceros', other 'horn' are united, and "the semantic motivation "horn" > "elephant (/rhinoceros)" confirmed by typological evidences" (in particular, Sum. am-si 'elephant', composed from am 'wisent' and si 'horn' , apud Salonen 1976, 175) is tentatively proposed.
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-wch,afaset-cch,afaset-mgg,afaset-omo,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2652
Proto-Semitic: *pīr- (<*piʔr-?)
Meaning: 'elephant'
Akkadian: pīr-, pēr- OB on [AHw 867]
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-akk,
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *(ʔa-)pi/ar-
Meaning: 'horn'
Kofyar: fēr 'horn' Bla. Eleph., 196
Warji: para1i 'horn' Bla. Eleph., 196
Kariya: pár 'horn' Bla. Eleph., 196
Miya: àpár, ipìr 'horn' Bla. Eleph., 196
Pa'a: pur-kiti 'horn' Bla. Eleph., 196
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-kof,wchet-wrj,wchet-kry,wchet-miy,wchet-paa,
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *pir-
Meaning: 'elephant'
Margi: pir 'elephant' Bla. Eleph., 196 apud Meek
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-mrg,
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Mogogodo etymology :
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Mogogodo: puriaʔ, pl. puriain
Meaning: 'rhinoceros'
Notes: Bla. Eleph., 196
mgget-prnum,mgget-meaning,mgget-notes,
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