Proto-High East Cushitic: *bVwVy-
Meaning: 'hippopotamus'
Burji (Bambala, Dashe): bóoy-ee 'hippopotamus' Sass. Burji, 40; acc. to Sasse, the same word as booy-ée 'domestic pig', both forms very likely loanwords from Oromo bóoyy-ee 'wild boar' from PECush *booy(y)- 'naked'; in view of Khamir bíwā 'hippopotamus' doubts in Sasse's etymology may arise
