Number: 124
Proto-Semitic: *gu/in-, *ʔ/wVgVn-
Meaning: cheek-bone
Syrian Aramaic: (?) gūnītā 'angulus (oculi)' [Brock 125], gūnǝyā 'angulus' [ibid.].
Semantically comparable only if 'angulus oculi' is the primary meaning
Arabic: waǧn-at- 'joue, surtout joue saillante' [ibid. 2 1494]; ʔaǧn-at-, ʔiǧn-at-, ʔuǧn-at- 'pommette, partie saillante de la joue au-dessous de l'oeil' [ibid. 1 14].
ʔV- may be a prefix or another triconsonantizer, besides w-, of the biradical stem *gVn-
Gurage: (?) ENN END GYE MASQ GOG g'in, MUH g'ǝn, SOD gin 'hollow in the nape of the neck' [LGur 309].
According to Leslau, < OROMO ginni). Cf. also MUH MSQ GOG SOD gunnän, CHA gunär etc. 'head' (also 'hair of head' and 'top, summit') [ibid. 284], which Leslau interprets as *gunnän proposing no etymology
Mehri: wǝgnēt 'cheek-bone' [JM 424]
Jibbali: ɛ́gǝnt 'cheek-bone' [JJ 288]; ōgǝn 'to have prominent cheek-bones' [ibid.]
Harsusi: wegnēt 'cheek'
Notes: Common SEM status problematic: SYR and GUR examples are not easily compatible semantically and may have different origin (cf. also ETH EAST: SEL WOL MUH wägän 'side, direction' [LGur 610], GUR: SOD wägän; see comments in *g(ʷ)ann- 'breastbone; side of body', No. ), while all MSA forms may well be Arabisms (cf. also [SSL 1 293]). The ARB data, however, are supported by AFRASIAN (below)
