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Saho-Afar etymology :
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Proto-Saho-Afar: *lagadd- (<*laga-t-?) (?)
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)
shoet-prnum,shoet-meaning,shoet-afar,shoet-notes,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕVlag- ~ *lVgʕ-
Meaning: calf, bull; (young of small cattle?)
Notes: Metathetic of *ʕigʷal- .
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-bed,afaset-sho,afaset-scu,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2657
Proto-Semitic: *ʕulgum- ~~ *lagaʕ-
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'
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-ara,semet-tgr,semet-tgy,
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Bedauye (Beja) etymology :
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Bedauye: laga 'calf' (Rp.), 'Ochse' (Heuglin), legha 'calf' (HuB), oʔlega 'das männl. Kalb' (Mu) Bla. Beja Fauna, 19
Notes: Traces of ʔ rather point to *ʕ- (cf. Bla. CL, 2; EDE 1, 270)
bedet-prnum,bedet-notes,
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South Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-South Cushitic: *lagiʔ-
Meaning: 'goat'
Alagwa (Wasi): lagay (not in HRSC 357)
Burunge (Mbulungi): legeʔi 'goat' Ehr. HRSC, 357
scuet-prnum,scuet-meaning,scuet-alg,scuet-bur,
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