Number: 2651
Proto-Semitic: *gʷimar(r)ay- (?)
Meaning: 'hippopotamus'
Ugaritic: gmr 'a kind of animal capable of fighting ferociously (hippopotamus(?)); una bestia'
Geʕez (Ethiopian): gomāri, gʷamāri, gʷǝmāri ([LGz 195]; note also gamar 'large monkey' [ibid. 194])
Tigrai (Tigriñña): gumare [Bassano 820]
Amharic: gumarre [K 1909] (gämäre, gämar 'large monkey, ape' [ibid.])
Harari: gumārre [LHar 72]
Gurage: MUH gʷämarre WOL gomare SOD gomarre SEL gōmare MSQ GOG gumarre ZWYgūmāri EZH gumarǝya CHA gʷämanä EZH gʷǝmannä GYT gʷäwäñä ENM gowaña END gäwǝrä [LGur 278]
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-uga,semet-gzz,semet-tgy,semet-amh,semet-hrr,semet-gur,