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Number: 2604
Proto-Semitic: *dmy 1, *ʔa-dVm(-Vt)- 2
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'to resemble, be like' 1, 'likeness, shape, image, figure' 2
Akkadian: damtu (dattu) LL 'figure (of a man)'
Hebrew: dǝmūt 'model; shape; something like; likeness', dāmā 'to be like, resemble'
Aramaic: Eg, Phl, Plm
Judaic Aramaic: dǝmūt(ā) 'resemblance, image, esp. man's divine image' [Ja 312]
Syrian Aramaic: dǝmā 'similis fuit', dāmǝyā 'videtur, verisimile est', dumyā 'similitudo; imago, figura, forma', dǝmūtā 'simulacrum; imago, forma; exemplum' [Brock 156]
Mandaic Aramaic: DMA 'to be (a)like, resemble', dmu, dmut(a) 'likeness, archetype, kind, shape, form, portrait, picture' [DM 111]
Arabic: ʔadm- 'modèle, example à imiter' [BK 1 19]; dumyat- 'figure, statue de marble; idole; jolie femme', dmy II 'ê. en evidence et visible' [BK 1 736] (likely a loan from Aram.)
Tigre: dumät 'uncertain outlines of a figure or of an object' [LH 516]
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *(ʔa-)dVm-
Meaning: face
Semitic: *dmy 'to resemble, be like', *ʔa-dVm(-Vt)- 'likeness, shape, image, figure'
Berber: *(H)udVm 'face' 1, 'appearance, figure' 2, 'name' 3
Saho-Afar: *dambar- 'forehead' 1, 'eyebrow' 2 (?)
Low East Cushitic: *dam/n- 'one half of the jaw'
High East Cushitic: *dimm- 'eyebrow'
Warazi (Dullay): *tim- (<*dim-) 'eyebrow'
Omotic: *dim- 'face' 1, 'forehead' 2, 'eyebrow' 3
Notes: Cf. Bla Review 500-501.
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Berber etymology :

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Proto-Berber: *(H)udVm
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'face' 1, 'appearance, figure' 2, 'name' 3
Nefusa: udǝm 1
Ghat: udǝm 1
Ayr: udǝn 1
Ahaggar (Tahaggart): udǝm 1
Tawllemmet: udǝm 1, 2
Taneslemt: idǝm 1, 3
Zenaga: edǝm
Semlal: ūdǝm 1, 2
Seghrushen: udǝm 1
Izdeg: udǝm 1, 2
Mzab: udǝm 1
Snus: udǝm 1
Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): udǝm 1
Notes: Cf. Adghaq damum 'idol'
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Saho-Afar etymology :

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Proto-Saho-Afar: *dambar- (?)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'forehead' 1, 'eyebrow' 2
Saho: dambar 1
Afar (Danakil): dambar 2
Notes: A composed word? The -bar element has no meaning.
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Low East Cushitic etymology :

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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *dam/n-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'one half of the jaw'
Somali: dàan, pl. dáamán Abr 48
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High East Cushitic etymology :

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Proto-High East Cushitic: *dimm-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'eyebrow'
Hadiya (Gudella): deemma
Kambatta: deemma
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Warazi etymology :

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Proto-Warazi: *tim- (<*dim-)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'eyebrow'
Harso (Werize): teem-ičče
Gollango (Wellango): teeme
wrzet-prnum,wrzet-meaning,wrzet-hrs,wrzet-gll,

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Omotic etymology :

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Proto-Omotic: *dim-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'face' 1, 'forehead' 2, 'eyebrow' 3
Ometo: Zayse deemo 3, Koyra demoo 2, Kačama deemo 2, Doka deema 2, Kullo (Beke) dimmo 1, Wol. deemuwa 2
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