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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔVm(Vm)-
Meaning: spice; honey
Semitic: *ʔamūm- 'kind of spice'
Berber: *ʔamVm- 'honey'
Central Chadic: *(ʔa-)mam- 'bee' 1, 'honey' 2
East Chadic: *ʔim-/*ʔum- 'bee, honey'
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 1421
Proto-Semitic: *ʔamūm-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'kind of spice'
Akkadian: amūmu
Notes: Secondary *-ū- influenced by surrounding labials
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Berber etymology :

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Proto-Berber: *ʔamVm-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'honey'
Iznassen: tammemt
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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *(ʔa-)mam-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'bee' 1, 'honey' 2
Bura: muma [CLR: 190] 1
Mbara: mòmáy 1 [TMba]
Glavda: muma [CLR: 190] 1
Mofu-Gudur: ámɔ̀m 2 [BMof]
Gisiga: ʔamam 2 [CLR]
Mada: ʔamam 2 []
Gidar: ámama 1 [CLR]
Zime-Batna: ʔíem 1, 2 [Sa]
Notes: irregular vocalism in ZBT
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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *ʔim-/*ʔum-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'bee, honey'
Jegu: ʔimo
Mubi: ūm
Birgit: imiyu
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