East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *dind- (<*dimdVm-)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'red'

Dangla: dinda Sk 1992, 346

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *(ʔa-)dVm- ~ *diʔm-

Meaning: red

Semitic: *(ʔa-)dām- 'red'

Berber: *dVmdVm ~ *a-dVmm-an 'violet, brown'

Egyptian: *ʔdmy 'red linen cloth'

East Chadic: *dind- (<*dimdVm-) 'red'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *dVmm- 'red'

Saho-Afar: *dum- 'red'

Low East Cushitic: *di(H)m- 'red'

High East Cushitic: *duʔm- 'red'

South Cushitic: *dimay- 'red'

Notes: cf. HSED, 686 *diʔim- (Akk. dʔm, Amh., Har.; Eg.; Awiya; Saho; Or.; Sid., Dar.; Qw.)

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1985

Proto-Semitic: *(ʔa-)dām-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'red'

Akkadian: adamātu (adumātu) s. pl. tantum 'dark red earth (used as a dye)' OB [CAD a1 94] (otherwise from "earth"), adamu (adammu, adumu) OAkk on 'a red garment' [ibid. 95]; cf. metathetic (SB) daʔmu 'dark-colored, dark-red' [ibid. d 74]

Ugaritic: ʔidm 'red (?)' [DLU 9]; ʔadmānu ' red (earth)' [Huehn 104]

Hebrew: ʔādōm 'reddish(-brown), of blood, grape-juice, lentils, cow, horse, skin' [KB, 15], ʔădamdām 'bright red, reddish' [ibid.]

Arabic: dmm 'teindre en rouge' [BK 1 728]

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔaddāmāwi 'red' [LGz 8]

Amharic: addämä 'to be blood-red' [LGz 8] (otherwise <"blood"; dama 'brown (mule, horse), reddish' [LGur 207]

Harari: (?) Harari däma 'brown, of dark color (man)' [LHar 56]

Gurage: (all dialects) dama 'brown (mule, horse), reddish' [LGur 207], Masqan dämyä 'red (maize)', Chaha Muher etc. dämyät 'red, reddish' [ibid. 210]

Notes: acc. to Leslau, all SEth forms are < Oromo dama

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *dVmdVm ~ *a-dVmm-an

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'violet, brown'

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): ddǝmdǝm 'violet'

Shilh (Tashelhit): adǝmmani 'brown, bronze coloured' DRB 343

Notes: Tamazight adǝmman 'brown, bronze coloured' DRB 343

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: ỉdmy (pyr)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'red cloth'

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *dVmm-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'red'

Awiya (Aungi): dǝ́mmá

Notes: Kunfäl demé

Saho-Afar etymology :

Proto-Saho-Afar: *dum-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'red'

Saho: duma

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *duʔm-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'red'

Sidamo: duumo, duuʔmo

Darasa (Gedeo): diimma

South Cushitic etymology :

Proto-South Cushitic: *dimay-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'red'

Qwadza (Ngomvia): dimayi-

Notes: [Ehr 388]

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