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Saho-Afar etymology :
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Proto-Saho-Afar: *gumarī-
Meaning: 'hippopotamus'
Saho: gŭmā́rē 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 202
Afar (Danakil): gŭmā́rī 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 202
shoet-prnum,shoet-meaning,shoet-saho,shoet-afar,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *garyam- ~ *gumaray-
Meaning: hippopotamus
Notes: A complete coincidence of Eth., CCush. Saho-Afar (-ī in Auslaut), HECush. and Omot. forms (common vocalic pattern) suggests borrowing, probably from Agaw, a decisive item being the interpretation of Ugr. gmr as 'hippopotamus' or not. Cf. Bla. Eleph., 204 where "an evident internal etymology" proposed interprets the CCh. and ECh. terms as composed words consisting of *gar- (Blazek quotes Musgu gari '(big) bull', Muskum gèrré, Vulum gàri 'bull') and *yVm- (quoted is Musgu ye_m, yim 'water'). This etymology is plausible (the latter term for 'water' is attested in other Afras.), but a triconsonantal, though metathetic, root in Cush. and Om. with exactly the same meaning makes our etymology more probable. Cf. also Berb. *a-gmar 'mare'
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-cch,afaset-ech,afaset-agw,afaset-sho,afaset-hec,afaset-omo,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2651
Proto-Semitic: *gʷimar(r)ay- (?)
Meaning: 'hippopotamus'
Ugaritic: gmr 'a kind of animal capable of fighting ferociously (hippopotamus(?)); una bestia'
Geʕez (Ethiopian): gomāri, gʷamāri, gʷǝmāri ([LGz 195]; note also gamar 'large monkey' [ibid. 194])
Tigrai (Tigriñña): gumare [Bassano 820]
Amharic: gumarre [K 1909] (gämäre, gämar 'large monkey, ape' [ibid.])
Harari: gumārre [LHar 72]
Gurage: MUH gʷämarre WOL gomare SOD gomarre SEL gōmare MSQ GOG gumarre ZWYgūmāri EZH gumarǝya CHA gʷämanä EZH gʷǝmannä GYT gʷäwäñä ENM gowaña END gäwǝrä [LGur 278]
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-uga,semet-gzz,semet-tgy,semet-amh,semet-hrr,semet-gur,
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *garyam-
Meaning: 'hippopotamus'
Musgu: ge_́ryam 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 204 (apud Krause); Vulum, Mbara gàriyàm 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 204
Masa: gáryam 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 204 (apud Mouchet)
Banana: garyamba 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 204 (apud Lukas)
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-msg,cchet-mas,cchet-bnn,
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East Chadic etymology :
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Proto-EChadic: *girim-
Meaning: 'hippopotamus'
Tumak: gìrim 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 204
Mubi: gìrímtí 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 204
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-tum,echet-mub,
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Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :
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Proto-Agaw: *gumarī-
Meaning: 'hippopotamus'
Khamir: gumäri 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 202
Khamta: gumā́r 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 202
Qwara: gumārē, gumārī 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 202
Qemant: gumārī 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 202
Awiya (Aungi): gumārī́ 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 202
agwet-prnum,agwet-meaning,agwet-xmr,agwet-xmt,agwet-kwr,agwet-kem,agwet-aun,
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High East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-High East Cushitic: *gumarr-
Meaning: 'hippopotamus'
Qabenna: gomarra 'hippopotamus' LGur., 278
Tembaro: gumorra 'hippopotamus' LGur., 278
Notes: In Bla. Eleph., 202, these forms are strangely compared with Elmolo gúris, Arbore girač, gurēč 'rhinoceros'
hecet-prnum,hecet-meaning,hecet-kab,hecet-tmb,hecet-notes,
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Omotic etymology :
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Proto-Omotic: *gumar-
Meaning: 'hippopotamus'
Ometo: Kullo gomára 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 202
Notes: In Bla. Eleph., 202, the Kullo form is compared with other NOm. terms: Janj. gumáu, Shin. (Beke) góma, gomia, Kafa gomānā. If not for these terms with an irregular loss of -r and alternarion r/n, the Kullo form may be considered an isolated Om. example and suspect a loan from Cush. or Eth.
omoet-prnum,omoet-meaning,omoet-ome,omoet-notes,
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