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Proto-CChadic: *čiw(-ar)-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'elephant'
Bura: Bura Pele čiwar̃ 'elephant' Bla.Eleph., 200
Chibak: isiwar̃ 'elephant' Bla.Eleph., 200
Kilba: čuwar id. CLR II 12
Ngwaxi: ciwǝ̀r [Kr: 85]
Margi: čúẃar (apud Hoffmann), ciwar̃, EMargi ciwar̃ Kr 'elephant' Bla.Eleph., 200
Wamdiu: čīwàr [Kr: 114]
Hildi=Margi Mbazuwa: čiwarū [Kr: 104]
Higi Nkafa: čuwe CLR II 124
Nzangi: and Kobochi čūāré_ 'elephant' Bla.Eleph., 200; čuwarɛ CLR II 124
Bata: čūé CLR II 125
Notes: Bla. ibid. compares these forms with other CCh. terms without final -r (a loss of -r in Auslaut?) and with final -n, though the correspondence -r ~ n is, to my knowledge, not attested
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