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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2623
Proto-Semitic: *naḫ-
Meaning: respiratory mucosa; phlegm
Akkadian: nah_nah_atu 'Nasenscheidewand' NA [AHw 715], 'cartilage' [CAD n1 140] (redupl.). Note Holma's translation 'Nasenknorpel, Nasenwurzel' (with a comprehensive semantic discussion) [Holma 20]
Syrian Aramaic: naḥnaḥtā 'tonsillae' [Brock 423] (redupl.)
Arabic: nuh_mat- 'ce que l'on jette par la bouche ou par le nez, comme pituite, glaire, etc.', nuh_āmat- do. [BK 2 1223]. On suffixed -m cf. Introduction
Jibbali: nh_ɔh_ 'phlegm' [JJ 199]
Notes: Note various strategies of triconsonantization in individual languages: stem reduplication in AKK, SYR and TGR (cf. a derived verb tänäḥanäḥa 'débarrassa son gosier' [LH 324, apud. d'Abb]); doubling of a second radical in JIB; taking ʔ as a second or third radical in GEZ; inclusion of -m suffix as a third radical in ARB. Note HBR PB nīăʕ 'the effort made to remove phlegm, hawking; the phlegm discharged by hawking' [Ja 906], a variant root with ʕ/h_?
One wonders if AKK nāh_u, nuh_h_u 'lard' OAkk on [CAD n1 142; n2 317], [AHw 715-16] and ARB nuh_h_-, nah_āh_at- 'moelle' [BK 2 1219] can be compared with a meaning shift 'phlegm' > 'a viscid substance' (cf. a somewhat similar meaning shift in HBR ḥēläb 'fat' vs. ARM JUD ḥēläb 'a viscous substance, glair', see *h_ilb-, No. ).
[Holma 20]: AKK, SYR; [Brock 423]: SYR, AKK
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-akk,semet-syr,semet-ara,semet-jib,semet-notes,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *naḫ-
Meaning: saliva, phlegm
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-brb,afaset-egy,afaset-cch,afaset-ech,afaset-mgg,
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Berber etymology :
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Proto-Berber: *nVḫnVḫ
Meaning: 'speak through the nose'
Ghadames: nǝḫnǝḫ Lan 244
brbet-prnum,brbet-meaning,brbet-ghd,
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: nh_ (pyr)
Meaning: 'saliva; spit out'
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *nayVH-
Meaning: 'saliva'
Mandara=Wandala: nyɛhɛ [Kr: 86]
Malgwa: ǝ́nye [Lr]
Mwulyen: nàyí [Kr: N 80]
Bachama: nawyɛy [Kr: N 80]
Lame: neʔe [Sy: 55]
Mesme: neʔe
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-mnd,cchet-zgh,cchet-mwu,cchet-bch,cchet-lam,cchet-msm,
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East Chadic etymology :
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Proto-EChadic: *naHan-
Meaning: 'saliva'
Birgit: naani
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-brg,
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Mogogodo etymology :
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Mogogodo: n'úkaʔ, pl. nuk'ǎcoʔ (?)
Meaning: nose
Notes: Heine Yaaku
mgget-prnum,mgget-meaning,mgget-notes,
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