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Proto-WChadic: *(Ha)ǯi(n)gʷ-Vm-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'hippopotamus'
Diri: ǯuŋgwa 'hippopotamus' Skin. NB, 26
Pa'a: ǯuŋgwa 'hippopotamus' Skin. NB, 26 'hippopotamus' Skin. NB, 26
Siri: ǯiŋwa 'hippopotamus' Skin. NB, 26
Ngizim: àžagúm 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 204 apud Schuch
Notes: Cf. HSED, 2658 where the NBauchi forms are are misquoted with the meaning 'rhinoceros'. Cf. WCh 1393 *ǯungwa 'rhinoceros' (cf. Bla. Eleph., 200 and )
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-dir,wchet-paa,wchet-sir,wchet-ngz,wchet-notes,

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