Proto-High East Cushitic: *salay/ʔ-
Meaning: 'belly; pregnant; embryo; lineage'
Hadiya (Gudella): saalasiḥ-te 'belly' Sass Bur 163
Burji (Bambala, Dashe): saláy 'belly; lineage'; salʔ-áysi 'prematurely born emryo' Sass Bur 163 (probably ayši, cf. anʔ-áyši 'chin, beard'; áši pers. pron. 2nd sing. 'thou')
Kambatta: salaan-cu-ta 'pregnant (of woman)' Huds 116, salaaʔn- 'be pregnant (of woman)' ibid 117