Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *dV(ʔ)Vm-

Meaning: feline

Semitic: *dVm(m)- '(wild) cat'

Western Chadic: *damu- 'hyena' ~ *damis- 'leopard' (?)

East Chadic: *damdam- 'cat'

Beḍauye (Beja): ǯímo, dimmo 'cat' (<Eth?)

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *dam-Vy- 'cat'

Saho-Afar: *di/umm- 'cat'

Low East Cushitic: *dumm-at- 'cat' (<Eth)

High East Cushitic: *ʔa-da/un- (<*ʔadum-?) 'cat'

South Cushitic: *duʔum- 'leopard'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2375

Proto-Semitic: *dVm(m)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: (wild) cat

Akkadian: dumāmu (tumāmu) 'a wild animal' SB [CAD d 179], 'Gepard' [AHw. 175]. // Outside lexical lists (= Sum. UR.GUG4.KUD.DA), attested in Gilg. VIII 16 (among the animals wailing for Enkidu, between lulīmu 'stag' and nēšu 'lion'). Cf. further [Landsberger Fauna 84], [Salonen Jagd 198]. It is difficult to agree with [CAD] that d. is "possibly a foreign word'.

Arabic: dimm-at- 'сhаt' [BK 1 728-9], [Fr. II 53], [Dozy I 459] ("...un mot éthiopien. Vers la fin du XVIe siècle, il était en usage dans le Yémen..."). Also dam- 'chat' [BK 1 736].

Geʕez (Ethiopian): dǝmmat 'cat' [LGz 136].

Tigre: dǝmmu id. [LH 514].

Tigrai (Tigriñña): dǝmmu 'gatto' [Bassano 755].

Amharic: dǝmmät 'cat' [K 1725].

Notes: [DRS 274]: Akk., Arb., Eth.; [Hommel 319]: Arb., Akk., Gez.; [LGz. 136]: Gez., Eth., Arb. (Leslau - following a personal communication by W.W.Müller - denies the possibility of an Ethiopian origin for Arb. dimmat-; note that contrary to Müller's opinion the presence of this term in old and modern Arb. dialects of Yemen must be an argument in favour of the Eth. origin of the term rather than against it).

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *damu- ~ *damis-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hyaena' 1, 'leopard' 2

Hausa: dā̀misà 2

Mupun: ǹdǝ̀mú-k [FrM] 1

Sura: ndùmú [JgS] 1

Ankwe=Goemai: tumu [Fp] 1

Gerke=Yiwom: damu [Fp] 1

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *gus-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'knee'

Higi Nkafa: xuš-ini

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *damdam-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cat'

Lele: ǯem 'Caracal'

Sokoro: damde

Notes: Sk Hs 42

Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: ǯímo, dimmo

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cat'

Notes: Bl Beja 15 (<Eth?)

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *dam-Vy-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cat'

Qwara: damyaa

Qemant: damǝya

Notes: *a in the root is not quite clear. Maybe *dumay- > *damay-?

Saho-Afar etymology :

Proto-Saho-Afar: *dumm-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cat'

Saho: dummu

Afar (Danakil): dumoo

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *dumm-at-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cat'

Somali: dummad Bla Beja 15 apid Luling (<Eth?)

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *ʔa-da/un- (<*ʔadum-?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cat'

Hadiya (Gudella): aduuna, adun-čo

Kambatta: adan-ču, adani-ta

Notes: HEC 37

South Cushitic etymology :

Proto-South Cushitic: *duʔum-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'leopard'

Iraqw (Mbulu): duʔuma

Alagwa (Wasi): duʔuma

Burunge (Mbulungi): duʔuma

Asa-Aramanic: duʔumok

Qwadza (Ngomvia): duʔumayi

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