Proto-EChadic: *kVlyam-
Meaning: 'shadow' 1, 'darkness' 2, 'dark, black' 3
Tumak: dì-glǝ̀m 2 [Cp]
Dangla: kèlmò 1 [Ebb]
Migama: kèlḕmò 1 [JMig]
Sokoro: kílmio 3 [Lk: 42, 47]
Notes: Pref. and regular voicing in Tumak. Cf. also Kwn (J) tòlmó `dark', Kera tilmǝ (f.) `darkness', Sum (J) dı̀lǝ̀m `dark', Tumak dǝlmı́ `black', Ndam (dJ) mán dǝlǝm `dark' (all may originate from < *tV-[k]lVm-). Another possibility - ECh *lum- 'cloud' - seems less reliable.
