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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1940
Proto-Semitic: *g(w)ny/ʔ
Meaning: 'to gather, crop'
Arabic: ǯny 'cuellir des fruits', II 'abonder en produits qu'on cueille, qu'on récolte, comme plantes, céréales, etc.' (BK 1, 340), Daǖ. dial. ǯanā 'remove the honey from a beehive' (LGur., 318)
Epigraphic South Arabian: t-gn 'to gather crop', gny 'crop' (SD, 50)
Geʕez (Ethiopian): gʷanʔa 'to heap up' (LGz., 196)
Gurage: Ms. ǯäññä 'to remove the honey from a beehive' (LGur., 318)
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-ara,semet-sar,semet-gzz,semet-gur,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *g(w)ny/w/ʔ
Meaning: to cultivate, till field; to crop
Notes: likely related to *g(w)a/in(y/H)- 'area, plot of land producing edible plants'
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-egy,afaset-wch,afaset-cch,afaset-ech,afaset-notes,
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: d_ny.w
Meaning: 'ein Gerät neben Hacken' EG V 575
Notes: Tak 1999, 44: <*gny. NE d_ny 'Tenne'.
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *gʷan-
Meaning: 'to cultivate'
Mupun: gwana
Fyer: ŋgon
Notes: Skin 1966 88
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-gwn,wchet-fyr,wchet-notes,
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *gun-/*ma-gingan-
Meaning: 'hoe'
Glavda: magyigana 'hoe' (redupl. stem with the instrumental prefix <*ma-gingan- 'instrument for tilling field'; cf. Takács 1999, 44)
Cineni=Nakatsa: magigànà 'hoe' (redupl. stem with the instrumental prefix <*ma-gingan- 'instrument for tilling field'; cf. Takács 1999, 44)
Masa: 'hoe, mattock' (Kraft)
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-glv,cchet-nak,cchet-mas,
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East Chadic etymology :
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Proto-EChadic: *gawn-
Meaning: 'to cultivate'
Dangla: gaw(a)n (Skinner 1996, 88)
Migama: gàwnò (Jung. CLR, I 64)
Bidiya: gaw(a)n (Skinner 1996, 88)
Mubi: gàwán (Jung. CLR, I 64)
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