Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔa/iw- ~ *waʔ-

Meaning: bull, cow

Semitic: *ʔiwVy- ~ *waʔ-(at-) 'gazelle, cow'

Berber: *Haww- 'cow'

Beḍauye (Beja): *yiw 'bull'

South Cushitic: *ʔaw- 'bull'

Mogogodo (Yaaku): *waʔ- 'cattle, cow' (met.)

Notes: Cf. HSED 2595 (Eg ỉwꜣ; Beja); Tak I 86 (Eg ỉwꜣ interpr. as *lwʔ)

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1960

Proto-Semitic: *ʔiwVy- ~ *waʔ-(at-)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'gazelle, cow'

Tigre: wäʔat, pl. pauc. wäʔat, pl. ʔaḥa 'cow' LH 441

Mehri: ʔīwē- 'gazelle' [JM 36] ("see wʕl")

Notes: Cf. *taʔ/y-: Hbr. tǝʔō Antilope, bzw. eine Antilopenart [KB deutsch 1542] PB 'wild ox (?)' [Ja 1641] ~ Tgr. tay, pl. tayatat 'young of gazelle' [LH 320]

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *Haww-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cow'

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): i-wâ-n (pl.) 'boeufs (ou vaches)' non us. dans l'Ah. (F. 445)

Tawllemmet: E. Wlm. i-wa-n (pl.) 'vaches, boeufs' Aloj., 195; hawu, hawwu 'vache' Pr. H, 631 (apud. A.Basset)

Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: *yiw

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'Stier'

Notes: yō Rein. 1895, 240; Bl. Beja, 27: yew 'bull, heifer'(apud. Hudson), yi, yu 'ox, bull' apud Rp.

South Cushitic etymology :

Proto-South Cushitic: *ʔaw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bull'

Iraqw (Mbulu): aw 'bull' Ehr HRSC, 317

Alagwa (Wasi): aw 'bull'

Burunge (Mbulungi): aw 'bull'

Mogogodo etymology :

Mogogodo: wáá(t), pl. wáaʔ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cattle, cow'

Notes: Heine Yaaku, 122-123

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