Proto-WChadic: *duri/an-
Meaning: 'hippopotamus'
Hausa: dṑrīna 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 203
Mupun: dòrina 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 203
Miya: dṑriná (< Hausa?) 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 203 other NB
Cagu: dṑránà 'hippopotamus' Bla. Eleph., 203
Notes: Comp. with ECu. forms in -l meaning 'hippo', 'crockodile' and 'sp. antelope'