Proto-CChadic: *anum (<*num 'to milk') OR *'VnV-m 'milk'(-m - suff. of sg.tantum) ?? =140
Meaning: 'milk' 1, 'breast' 2, 'Euter' 3
Logone: ́́éni 1 [Luk: num and num eni 'to milk']
Kusseri: ini 1 [Mo]
Afade: eri 1 [Mo](-r- < *n is regular)
Musgu: àním 2 [CLR ], ánum, anem 1, 2, 3 [Luk :45]
Notes: Cf. Buduma num 'to milk' [Luk], Logone num 'plait, milk',num eni 'to milk'[Luk], Daba nīm: 'to tie, to milk'[Lnhr], Margi lǝ m 'to milk, to twist rope' [Hf:138].
