West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *yat-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'buffalo'

Daffo-Butura: yàt CLR II 50

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *taʔ/y/w- ~ *w/yat-

Meaning: cow, calf, (young of) antelope

Semitic: *tāʔ/y- 'kind of antelope'

Western Chadic: *yat- 'buffalo'

Central Chadic: *tay- 'cow'

Low East Cushitic: *wāt- 'calf, baby'

High East Cushitic: *wāt-an- 'calf'

South Cushitic: *taw- 'heifer'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2534

Proto-Semitic: *tāʔ/y-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: kind of antelope

Hebrew: tǝʔō, constr. tō(ʔ) 'antelope' [KB 1673], pB. 'wild ox (?)' [Ja. 1641]. In Dt 14.5 (among wild hoofed animals allowed for food) and Is 51.20 (bānayik ʕullǝpū šākǝbū // bǝrō(ʔ)š kol-ḥūṣōt kǝtō(ʔ) mikmār 'your sons lie in faint // on any crossroad, like a t. caught in a snare'). Suggestions for a more exact faunal identification see in [Talshir 252].

Tigre: tay (pl. tayatat) 'young of gazelle' [LH 320].

Amharic: (?) tǝw(w) 'small elephant' [K 994]. Semantically somewhat remote.

Notes: Reconstruction is not very reliable since it is difficult to say what diachronic backround is behind Hbr. tǝʔō (the proto-form *tāʔ- relies on the construct state tō(ʔ)). One won- ders whether -y [-i] in tʔy [tāʔi] from the Samaritan Pentateuch may correspond to -ay in Tgr. An alternative parallel in Tgr. may be wäʔat 'cow' [LH 441] if a metathetic development *taʔaw- > *waʔat- is assumed.

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *tay-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cow'

Musgu: tai CLR II 93

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *(ʔi-)wāt-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'calf, cow'

Oromo (Galla): waatii Gr 395 'calf, baby'

Elmolo: Elmolo íwate 'Thomson's gazelle' Heine 1980, 206; ʔóot 'cows, cattle' ibid., 208

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *wāt-an-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'calf'

Hadiya (Gudella): wātānčo LGur 670

Kambatta: wātānču LGur 670; waataan-ču pl. 'new born calf' HEC 35

South Cushitic etymology :

Proto-South Cushitic: *taw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'heifer'

Ma'a (Mbugu): taw-o

Notes: Hei Ya 127 (Yaaku < Maʔa)

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