Number: 2386
Proto-Semitic: *gʷand(-an/ʕ/b)- 1 ~ *gudgud- 1 ~ *gʷandar- 2
Meaning: 'ant; cricket, locust' 1, 'worm' 2
Arabic: ǯudǯud- 'espèce de grillon de nuit' [BK 1 262], [Fr. I 252], [Lane 387], [LA III 114]; ǯandaʕ-, ǯunduʕ- 'espèce de sauterelle noire, à deux antennes; en gén. insectes qu'on rencontre en creusant la terre' [BK 1 338], [Fr. I 313], [LA VIII 60-1]; ǯandab-, ǯundub- 'espèce de sauterelle' [BK 1 339], [Fr. I 251], [Lane 388], [LA I 257] (in the last three sources also ǯindab-). // Cf. also ǯidb- quoted with the same meaning in [DRS 99] without reference.
Geʕez (Ethiopian): gundan 'spider' [LGz. 197]
Tigre: gǝdgǝd 'a species of small beetle' [LH 603]
Tigrai (Tigriñña): godäbo 'specie di grillo molto somigliante alle cavalette' [Bass. 852], gʷädäbä 'grillo' [ibid. 884]; gʷändäran, gʷändära 'worm (intestinal worm, earthworm)' (K Tna 2325).
Amharic: gʷande 'very small red ant which eats grain' [K 2011]; gundan, gʷǝndan 'a kind of black ant which inflicts a painful bite' [K 2013]; gʷändära, gʷändora 'a kind of intestinal worm, hook- worm' (K 2012)
East Ethiopic: Sel. gōndä, Wol. gʷändä 'kind of ant' [LGur. 282]
Gurage: Gog. gʷändä, Sod. Muh. Msq. Eža Cha. gʷända, Msq. Gog. gonda, Enm. gōnda, End. gōndä 'kind of ant' [LGur. 282]
Mehri: gǝdǝrēt 'worm' (JM 114)
Jibbali: ǝz̃̃dírǝ́t 'small insect (which eats clothes, wood)' (JJ 71)
Harsusi: gederēt 'woodworm' (JH 38)
Notes: Cf. Eth. forms like Tna. dägʷäbä 'specie di grillo' [Bass. 799] (for a complete set of forms cf. No. ... ) comparable as metathetic variants but regarded as Cushitisms in [LGz. 125] (cf. [DRS 217]). Actually, a reverse development (Bil. dängʷabe and gʷändäbe are borrowed from Eth.) can well be imagined. // In a number of Sem. languages phonetically and semantically comparable forms without -b are attested which might point to its originally suffixal nature. Attested examples can be organized as follows: - *gudgud-: Arb. ǯudǯud- 'espèce de grillon de nuit' [BK 1 262], [Fr. I 252], [Lane 387], [LA III 114]; Tgr. gǝdgǝd 'a species of small beetle' [LH 603]. Cf. also Mhr. dǝgdīg 'insect like a grasshopper' [JM 65], Hrs. degdīg id. [JH 23], Jib. ....... (metathesis?); - *gandaʕ-: Arb. ǯandaʕ-, ǯunduʕ- 'espèce de sauterelle noire, à deux antennes; en gén. insectes qu'on rencontre en creusant la terre' [BK 1 338], [Fr. I 313], [LA VIII 60-1]; Amh. gʷande 'very small red ant which eats grain' [K 2011], Sel. gōndä, Wol. Gog. gʷändä, Sod. Muh. Msq. Eža Cha. gʷända, Msq. Gog. gonda, Enm. gōnda, End. gōndä 'kind of ant' [LGur. 282]; - *gundan-: Gez. gundan 'spider' [LGz. 197], Amh. gundan, gʷǝndan 'a kind of black ant which inflicts a painful bite' [K 2013]. // Forms belonging to the last two types are thought to be Cushitic loans in [LGz. 197] and [LGur. 282] with a strange remark: "Perhaps also Arb. ǯandaʕ 'kind of beetle'" (cf. [DLU 154]). A number of comparable forms are indeed present in some E. Cush. languages (e.g., Oromo gondaa 'k. of ant' [Gragg 180]) but their relationship to the Sem. forms quoted above remains to be studied.
