South Cushitic etymology :

Proto-South Cushitic: *lagiʔ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'goat'

Alagwa (Wasi): lagay (not in HRSC 357)

Burunge (Mbulungi): legeʔi 'goat' Ehr. HRSC, 357

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕVlag- ~ *lVgʕ-

Meaning: calf, bull; (young of small cattle?)

Semitic: *ʕulgum- ~ *lagaʕ- 'bull; calf'

Beḍauye (Beja): *ʕVla/ig- ~~ *ligH- 'calf, ox'

Saho-Afar: *lagadd- (<*laga-t-?) 'lamb' (?)

South Cushitic: *lagiʔ- 'goat' (?)

Notes: Metathetic of *ʕigʷal- .

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2657

Proto-Semitic: *ʕulgum- ~~ *lagaʕ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bull; calf'

Arabic: ʕulǯūm- 'taureau vieux' [BK 2 339]

Tigre: läga 'male calf (from it's first year until it is tamed), bullock' [LH 48] (likely <Beja)

Tigrai (Tigriñña): läggǝʕe 'to draw the first milk, to milk a cow', lägaʕ 'calf close to calving'

Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: laga 'calf' (Rp.), 'Ochse' (Heuglin), legha 'calf' (HuB), oʔlega 'das männl. Kalb' (Mu) Bla. Beja Fauna, 19

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Notes: Traces of ʔ rather point to *ʕ- (cf. Bla. CL, 2; EDE 1, 270)

Saho-Afar etymology :

Proto-Saho-Afar: *lagadd- (<*laga-t-?) (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'lamb'

Afar (Danakil): lagàddu 'male lamb', lagaddo 'ewe lamb' Bla. Beja Fauna, 19 apud. PaHy

Notes: One wonders whether -dd- can continue *-t- (cf. Dolg. 1976, 330, where *-t-, *-tt- > Saho-Afar d, t is postulated)

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