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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *waʕil-
Meaning: wild goat/ram; antelope
Semitic: *waʕil- 'antelope' 1, 'ibex' 2
Berber: *wulli 'sheep, goats'
Western Chadic: *wa/ul- 'antelope' 1, 'gazelle' 2
East Chadic: *yil- 'antelope'
Low East Cushitic: *ʕawVl- (met.) 'gazelle'
High East Cushitic: *wilil- 'young of small cattle'
Notes: Cf. HSED 2505: Sem.; Geji, Lele, Kbl; Som. (not in Abr Som or It-Som). Cf. *waʕ- 'goat'
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 1959
Proto-Semitic: *waʕil-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: ibex
Eblaitic: wa-ʔa5(NI)-lum = Sum. IGI.DÀRA [MEE IV 1452']. Identified with the present root in [Bonechi-Conti 10]. One wonders why a reading wa-ì-lum (exactly corresponding to the PS reconstruction) was not preferred (for NI = /ʕi/ see [Conti Ebla 56]).
Ugaritic: yʕl 'cabra montés' [DLU 516]. In 1.6 I 26 ([tṭbḫ š]bʕm yʕlm 'she slaughtered seventy moun- tain goats'), 1.17 VI 22 (ʔadr gdm brʔumm // ʔadr ḳrnt byʕlm // mtnm bʕḳbt t_r 'the strongest sinews from the wild bulls // the strongest horns from the mountain goats // tendons from the heels of a bull') and 1.169.4 (kyʕlm t_̣rh 'like the wild goats to the mountains').
Hebrew: yāʕēl 'ibex, mountain goat' [KB 420], *yaʕălā (or *yǝʕēlā) 'female mountain goat' [ibid.] (only the st. constr. yaʕălat is attested); pB. yāʕēl 'mountain goat, wild goat', yǝʕēlā (or yaʕălā) 'gazelle' [Ja. 584]. Rare poetic term: Ps 104.18 (hārīm haggǝbōhīm layyǝʕēlīm // sǝlāʕīm maḥsǟ lašpannīm 'high mountains - for the mountain goats // rocks - refuge for the hyraxes') and Job 39.1 (hăyādaʕtā ʕēt lädät yaʕălē sālaʕ // ḥōlēl ʔayyālōt tišmōr 'do you know the time the mountain goats give birth // do you watch the labour pains of the hinds?'); ṣūrē hayyǝʕēlīm in 1S 24.3 is regarded as a toponym (presumably, 'rocks of the mountain goats'). The fem. formation is known from Pr 5.19 (ʔayyälät ʔa- hăbīm wǝyaʕălat ḥēn 'a hind of love, a mountain goat of plea- sure').
Judaic Aramaic: yaʕălā, yāʕēlā 'mountain goat, wild goat' [Ja. 584].
Syrian Aramaic: yaʕlā 'ibex (?)' [Brock. 305], [PS 1612].
Arabic: waʕl-, waʕil-, wuʕil- 'argali, bouc de montagnes; bouc domestique', waʕlat- 'femelle de l'argali ou du chamois' [BK 2 1569], [Fr. IV 484], [Lane 3056], [LA XI 731] (cf. [Hommel 280- 1]).
Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab. wʕl 'mountain goat, ibex' [SD 155]. Qat. wʕl 'ibex, mountain goat' [Ricks 52]. Hdr. ʔ-wʕl (pl.) 'ibex' [Pirenne 93]. All ESA textual attestations are treated in detail in [Sima 159ff.] (remarkably, wʕl seems to be the only wild animal whose votive statuettes are mentioned in the inscriptions).
Geʕez (Ethiopian): wǝʕǝlā, waʕālā, wāʔǝlā 'kind of antelope, mountain goat' [LGz. 603].
Tigrai (Tigriñña): wǝʕǝla 'elk/élan' [DRS 578] (not in [Bass.]).
Amharic: waliya 'Walia ibex' [K 1489], wala id. [ibid. 1478]. These Amh. forms are not quoted in [LGz. 603] where only wǝʔǝla is mentioned (likely borrowed from Geez).
Mehri: wɛ̄l (pl. wǝʕōl, wǝyʕōl) 'mountain goat (Hemitragus Jay- kari)' [JM 420].
Jibbali: ɛbʕɔ́ẑ_ 'Hemitragus Jaikari' [JJ 286].
Harsusi: wāl 'male tahr, Hemitragus Jaykari' [JH 134].
Notes: [Fron. 294]: *waʕl- 'stambecco' (Gez., ESA, Mhr., Arb., Syr., Hbr., Ugr.); [DRS 577]: *waʕil- 'bouquetin, chèvre de mon- tagne' (Ugr., Hbr., Arm., Arb., ESA, MSA, Eth.); [DLU 516]: Ugr., Hbr., Syr., ESA, Arb., Gez.; [KB 420]: Hbr., Ugr., Arm., Arb., ESA, Gez.; [Hommel 280]: Arb., Hbr., Arm., Gez., Akk. (yaʔelu); [LGz. 603]: Gez., Amh. (cf. above), Arb., ESA, Mhr., Hbr., Arm., Ugr.; [Firmage 1153]: Hbr., Ugr., Arm., Gez., Arb.
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Berber etymology :

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Proto-Berber: *wulli
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'sheep, goats'
Ghadames: welli, wulli 'chèvre' Lan., 390
Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ulli (pl. of tiɣsé) 'chèvre' F. 1781
Semlal: ? ta-wäla 'troupeau (appartenant à un village' Dest. 286 (prob. < some verb)
Sened: Mṭmṭ ulli Tak II, 24
Figig: ulli 'moutons' Kössm.
Shawiya: utili 'ovins' Kössm. 193 (strange -t-!)
Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): ulli 'brebis' Dallet 441
Notes: Pr. H No. 220 (and Kössm. 193): Ghdm., Audj. Hgr etc. te-hele <*tiHeli, which, on the contrary, is to be connected with *ʔayl- 'ram' 3061 (together with Brb. forms of the t-ili type), as *ʔ > h in Hgr, while *ʕ> Hgr 0
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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *wa/ul-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'antelope' 1, 'gazelle' 2
Jimi: walaróo 1 [Cs N 252]
Geji: wullì 2 [KrN 165]
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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *yil-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'antelope'
Kabalai: yilǝ́ [Cp]
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Low East Cushitic etymology :

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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ʕawVl-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'gazelle'
Somali: ʕawl-kii
Rendille: ḥol
Notes: Metathesis
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High East Cushitic etymology :

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Proto-High East Cushitic: *wilil-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'young of small cattle'
Sidamo: wilii'l-icco, pl. wilii'le 'young (of sheep, goat)' Huds. HEC, 173
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