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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *laḫm-
Meaning: large water animal
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Semitic: *laḫm- 'kind of large aquatic animal'
Egyptian: ḫrm(w) (<*ḫVlVm-?) 'crocodile'? (NK)
Beḍauye (Beja): *leHem- 'crockodile'
Central Cushitic (Agaw): *(H)alm- 'Boa constrictor'
Saho-Afar: *(H)i/ul(u)m- 'crockodile/hippopotamus'
Notes: Cf. Bla. Beja Fauna, 20: Beja; Eg. with reservations; Bilin; Saho Afar; Tigre ʔälma 'crockodile' (a loan < Saho?); also Nub.: Kenuzi-Dongola élum, Mahas úlum (Cush.?) Chad.: *Haram- 'crocodile'(Nub ulum [Hoh:326]/ *lVg- 'crocodile'.
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