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! '''No.''' !! [[wikipedia:English language|English]] !! [[Zanahi]] !! [[Proto-Zanahic]] !! Etymology of Zanahi form (if not directly from the Proto-Zanahic)
! '''No.''' !! [[wikipedia:English language|English]] !! [[Zanahi]] !! [[Proto-Zanahic]] !! Etymology of Zanahi form (if not directly from the Proto-Zanahic)
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| 1 || [[wiktionary:I|I]] || ’ammā || *ʔéṣ || ''*ʔán-'' "that (over there)" + lengthened variant of ''*mé'' "me".
| 1 || [[wiktionary:I|I]] || ’ammā || *ʔéṣ || ''*ʔán-'' "that (over there)" + lengthened variant of ''*mé'' "me" (perhaps the ablative ''*méṭ'').
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| 2 || [[wiktionary:you|you (singular)]] || ’antā (''m.''); ’antī (''f.'') || *túʔ || Masculine form from ''*ʔán-'' "that (over there)" + lengthened variant of ''*twé'' "thee". The feminine was then formed by analogy with the third person pronoun (supported by the Semitic counterparts).
| 2 || [[wiktionary:you|you (singular)]] || ’antā (''m.''); ’antī (''f.'') || *túʔ || Masculine form from ''*ʔán-'' "that (over there)" + lengthened variant of ''*twé'' "thee" (perhaps the ablative ''*twéṭ''). The feminine was then formed by analogy with the third person pronoun (supported by the Semitic counterparts).
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| 3 || [[wiktionary:he|he]] || hattā (''m.''); hattī (''f.'') || *hóh; *tóh || From a combined pronoun ''*hohtóh'' in which both parts would have originally been declined.
| 3 || [[wiktionary:he|he]] || hattā (''m.''); hattī (''f.'') || *hóh; *tóh || From a combined pronoun ''*hohtóh'' in which both parts would have originally been declined.
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| 15 || [[wiktionary:how|how]] || kayf || *kéy || Zanahi: From ''*kéypo'', a compound of ''*kéy'' "how, by what" + postpositional ''*po'' "from, due to"
| 15 || [[wiktionary:how|how]] || kayf || *kéy || Zanahi: From ''*kéypo'', a compound of ''*kéy'' "how, by what" + postpositional ''*po'' "from, due to"
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| 16 || [[wiktionary:not|not]] || lā; mā
| 16 || [[wiktionary:not|not]] || lā; mā || *nē̆, *meʔ || ''lā'': a modification of earlier ''*nā'' due to Semitic influence.
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| 17 || [[wiktionary:all|all]] || ḥalw
| 17 || [[wiktionary:all|all]] || ḥalw || *holwóh, -áʔ, -óm ||
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| 18 || [[wiktionary:many|many]] || pilō
| 18 || [[wiktionary:many|many]] || palō || *pélʔuh (oblique stem: *pl̥ʔéw-) ||
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| 19 || [[wiktionary:some|some]] || kiyān
| 19 || [[wiktionary:some|some]] || kiyān ||
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| 20 || [[wiktionary:few|few]] || pawr
| 20 || [[wiktionary:few|few]] || pawr || *páʔuroh (oblique stem: *pəwr-)
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| 21 || [[wiktionary:other|other]] || ’antar
| 21 || [[wiktionary:other|other]] || ’antar || *ʔályoh; *ánteroh (''of two'') ||
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| 22 || [[wiktionary:one|one]] || ‘ayn, ‘aynā
| 22 || [[wiktionary:one|one]] || ‘ayn, ‘aynā || *ʔóynoh
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| 23 || [[wiktionary:two|two]] || ṭuwā
| 23 || [[wiktionary:two|two]] || ṭuwā || *ṭwóʔ, *ṭwáʔʔe, *ṭwóʔ ||
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| 24 || [[wiktionary:three|three]] || tarayā, tarē
| 24 || [[wiktionary:three|three]] || tirayā, tirē || *tréyeh, *triʔ (oblique stem: *tri-) || From the nominative stem, with an anological ''-ā'' and Semitic-influenced reverse polarity.
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| 25 || [[wiktionary:four|four]] || kaṯurā, kaṯur
| 25 || [[wiktionary:four|four]] || kaṯurā, kaṯur || *ketwóreh, *ketwṓr (oblique stem: *ketur-) ||
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| 26 || [[wiktionary:five|five]] || pankā, pank
| 26 || [[wiktionary:five|five]] || pankā, pank || *pénke ||
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| 27 || [[wiktionary:big|big]] || maṣā
| 27 || [[wiktionary:big|big]] || maṣā || *méṣəh (oblique stem: *m̥ṣʔ-) ||
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| 28 || [[wiktionary:long|long]] || ṭalg
| 28 || [[wiktionary:long|long]] || ṭalg || *ṭl̥ʔgóh ||
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| 29 || [[wiktionary:wide|wide]] || piltō
| 29 || [[wiktionary:wide|wide]] || piltō || *plétuh (oblique stem: *pl̥téw-) ||
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| 30 || [[wiktionary:thick|thick]] || binzō
| 30 || [[wiktionary:thick|thick]] || binzō || *bénzuh (oblique stem: *bn̥zéw-) ||
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| 31 || [[wiktionary:heavy|heavy]] || qarō
| 31 || [[wiktionary:heavy|heavy]] || qarō || *ḳráʔus (oblique stem: *ḳr̥ʔéw-) ||
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| 32 || [[wiktionary:small|small]] || šuṭr
| 32 || [[wiktionary:small|small]] || šuṭr ||  ||
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| 33 || [[wiktionary:short|short]] ||  
| 33 || [[wiktionary:short|short]] ||  
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| 34 || [[wiktionary:narrow|narrow]] || ’anzō
| 34 || [[wiktionary:narrow|narrow]] || ’anzō ||
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| 35 || [[wiktionary:thin|thin]] || tanō
| 35 || [[wiktionary:thin|thin]] || tanō ||
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| 36 || [[wiktionary:woman|woman]] || qān
| 36 || [[wiktionary:woman|woman]] || qān ||
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| 37 || [[wiktionary:man|man (adult male)]] || wīr
| 37 || [[wiktionary:man|man (adult male)]] || wīr || *wíʔroh
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| 38 || [[wiktionary:man|man (human being)]] || mirt
| 38 || [[wiktionary:man|man (human being)]] || mirt || *mr̥tóh ||
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| 39 || [[wiktionary:child|child]] || ṣant
| 39 || [[wiktionary:child|child]] || ṣant
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