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High East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-High East Cushitic: *yayy-
Meaning: 'hunting dog'
Sidamo: iyäy (Cer)
Hadiya (Gudella): yoyy-akko
Burji (Bambala, Dashe): yeyy-ée
hecet-prnum,hecet-meaning,hecet-sid,hecet-had,hecet-bmb,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔayVw-
Meaning: jackal, dog
Notes: Originally descriptive.
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-egy,afaset-wch,afaset-lec,afaset-hec,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 203
Proto-Semitic: *ʔVwVy-
Meaning: 'jackal'
Hebrew: ʔī (only in the pl. ʔiyyīm) 'jackal' [KB 38]. // A rare term denoting (animal?) beings inhabiting ruins (Is 13.22, 34.14, Jr 50.39); precise meaning cannot be established.
Syrian Aramaic: bǝnāt ʔaway 'thoes, canes aurei' [Brock. 8], [PS 61] (possibly and Arabism).
Arabic: ʔibnu-l-ʔāwan, pl. banātu-l-ʔāwā 'animal regardé comme un mélange né d'un chien et d'un renard' [BK 1 72], [Fr. I 73], [Lane 131], [LA XIV 55] (with a detailed discussion, thought to be derived from the sound wāwā produced by the animal). More details see in [Hommel 306].
Tigre: ʔaw 'eatable wild animals' (LH 378)
Amharic: awu 'hyena's cry; hyena' (K 1266)
Harari: āy in āyzägädu 'jackal' (LHar. 38); cf. Sel. zägädo id. (LGur. 704)
Gurage: Сha. Eža Enm. End. Gyt. Muh. awi 'wild animal, beast' (LGur. 110)
Notes: Not fully reliable; independent onomatopoetic formations in particular languages cannot be ruled out. // [KB 38]: Hbr., Arb.; [Brock. 8]: Syr., Arb.
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: ỉw (MK).
Meaning: 'dog'
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *ʔiy-
Meaning: 'dog'
Warji: íyà-nà [SkNb]
Kariya: íí [CLR: 106]
Miya: í [CLR]
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *yayy-
Meaning: 'wild dog'
Somali: yéèy 'wild dog' Lycaon pictus Hei Sam 1981
Oromo (Galla): yeeyii 'wolf' Gr 406'wild dog (Lycaon pictus)' (Amh yäyi 'hyena'); cf. iyyaa 'k. of wild cat' Gr 228
Boni: yeyeʔ 'jackal' PEC 43
Rendille: yááy 'wild dog' Lycaon pictus Hei Sam 1981
Konso: yoy-ta PEC 43 'hunting dog'
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