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Number: 2671
Proto-Semitic: *ʔar(a)w-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'snake, chameleon'
Geʕez (Ethiopian): cf. ʔarwe mǝdr 'snake'
Tigre: ʔǝrawito 'chameleon' [LH 359], ʔarwe 'snake'
East Ethiopic: Sel Wol wäro, Sel woro, Zw wäru 'python'
Gurage: Msq oro id. LGur 660: <Cush
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-gzz,semet-tgr,semet-east,semet-gur,

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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *rawʔ- ~ *ʔar(a)w- ~ *warr-
Meaning: snake
Semitic: *ʔar(a)w- 'snake, chameleon'
Egyptian: rꜣ 'snake' (NK)
Western Chadic: *rwaH- 'cobra'
High East Cushitic: *warr- 'snake'
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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: rꜣ (NK)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'snake'
Notes: Cf. rrw (sarc) 'kind of snake'
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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *rwaH-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'black cobra'
Daffo-Butura: rwàh [JgR]
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-dfb,

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High East Cushitic etymology :

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Proto-High East Cushitic: *warr-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'snake'
Hadiya (Gudella): woll-iččo LGur 660 ('python'?)
Kambatta: warra 'snake' HEC 137; worro LGur 660 ('python'?)
hecet-prnum,hecet-meaning,hecet-had,hecet-kmb,

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