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Proto-WChadic: *sVsVy-
Meaning: 'squeeze'
Miya: asǝsǝyo
Notes: Partial reduplication.
Proto-WChadic: *sVt- (?)
Meaning: 'sister'
Buli: isda [Cs N 14]
Notes: -isda- < *sVt- ?
Proto-WChadic: *swab-
Meaning: 'strike'
Kulere: sòb
Proto-WChadic: *swag/ḥ-
Meaning: 'a hole in a town wall for the exit of water'
Hausa: ságì
Notes: Cf. *swey 'hole, vulva'
Proto-WChadic: *swaH-
Meaning: 'earth'
Fyer: šwàá [JgR]
Proto-WChadic: *swaḳ-
Meaning: 'give water (to a child)'
Tangale: soke [JgT]
Proto-WChadic: *swa/yar-
Meaning: 'go' 1, 'return' 2
Sura: sɔr 1 [JgS]
Guruntum: siri 2 [Ja: 187]
Proto-WChadic: *swal-
Meaning: 'pull' 1, 'draw' 2
Angas: šwal 1 [Fl]
Tangale: soli 1, 2 [JgT]
Kifri=Giwo: šoll- 1 [ShB]
Proto-WChadic: *swam-/*syam-
Meaning: 'wind'
Boghom: swám
Bokos: sém
Proto-WChadic: *sway-
Meaning: 'barn'
Daffo-Butura: swéy [JgR]
Notes: Glm , Geruma soo 'house' is related to Kirfi šoɣo 'hut'.
Proto-WChadic: *swk ~ *skw
Meaning: 'to sow, reap corn, hoe, plow'
Hausa: (šū́kà 'to sow (i.e. place seed in ground and cover with soil)' = šibka not related) (Bargery 1934, 944), sàkwa-mī (mī is an instrumental suffix) 'a long-handled hoe used at sowing time' (Ibid. 888), soke 'to reap corn by uprooting the whole plant with a special instrument' (Ibid. 951)
Sura: bigsak 'to hoe, plow' (Stolbova 1987, 177)
Tangale: suk 'to plow' (Stolbova 1987, 177)
Notes: Acc. to Stolbova 1987, 177 <*sak(w)-. Cf. *(ma-)sakw- 'corn grown in dry season' (a deverbal noun): W.: Hs. masakuwa 'sorghum sp. (grown in dry season)' (Skinner 1996, 198)
Proto-WChadic: *swVy-
Meaning: 'moth' 1, 'fly' 2, 'mosquito' 3
Hausa: hasu, asu Sk Hs 108 1
Boghom: sāy 2, switi 3 CLR 148, 242; swā́yi [Cs N 297]
Proto-WChadic: *sya
Meaning: wind
Bokos: sé [JRon]
Proto-WChadic: *ŝab-
Meaning: 'sword'
Hausa: zā̀bō
Proto-WChadic: *ŝa-bad-
Meaning: 'shoulder'
Warji: ɫa-bàdái
Kariya: ɫá-bàdǝ́
Miya: ɫǝ-bǝdì
Proto-WChadic: *ŝabr-
Meaning: 'millet'
Hausa: zábráá 'millet'
Proto-WChadic: *syabVt-
Meaning: 'slash' (v.)
Hausa: šábtà
Proto-WChadic: *ŝaH-
Meaning: 'cow'
Dera=Kanakuru: láà [CLR: 92}
Siri: ẑáà-tí 2 [Sk]
Jimi: hla =ẑa 2 [CLR: 92]
Polchi: ŝa 1,2
Geji: hla =ẑa 2 [CLR: 92]
Buli: hla G, ŝa [Kr] both in {CLR}
Notes: Note thata number of South Bauchi languages and Ngizim show ŝV (as well as the most of CCh languages). Note that ŝV may be the word for a 'bull' (and secondary meaning is 'cow'). On the other hand Siri (the only one un the group) show a voiced reflex of a 'cow' and the word for 'bull' is a derivative - ẑā cǝki . Thus, *ŝV can be the AA word for 'cow' only (cp. ECush).
Proto-WChadic: *ŝaH-
Meaning: 'open'
Diri: z̃a [SkNb]
Pa'a: z̃a [MS]
Proto-WChadic: *S(y)aH-
Meaning: 'dry up'
Bolewa: sáa [ShV]
Karekare: sáa - [ShV]
Pero: íččò [Fr] 'be dry'
Ngamo: sa- [ShV]
Kifri=Giwo: sjee-[ShV]
Gera: sêe [ShV]
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