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? Semitic + Berber + Cushitic share t- with the meaning of fem. | ? Semitic + Berber + Cushitic share t- with the meaning of fem. | ||
however, Sem. shows bits of noun classes which are somewhat shared. Can we project to PAA? | however, Sem. shows bits of noun classes which are somewhat shared. Can we project to PAA? | ||
*''*-b'' ~ wild/dangerous animals (missing in Chadic and Cushitic). | *''*-b'' ~ wild/dangerous animals (missing partially in Chadic and Cushitic but then again that can be said for any of these affixes it seems, everyone randomly lacks one). | ||
*''*-r~l'' seems to have been for domestic/tame animals, cf. Egyp. ''3-bw'' “elephant” , ''iy-r'' “deer”, ''s-rw'' “sheep”, ''d-b'' “hippo” ~ Cushitic ''ló-ba'' (same meaning, for d~l alternation, see above), Cush. | *''*-r~l'' seems to have been for domestic/tame animals, cf. Egyp. ''3-bw'' “elephant” , ''iy-r'' “deer”, ''s-rw'' “sheep”, ''d-b'' “hippo” ~ Cushitic ''ló-ba'' (same meaning, for d~l alternation, see above), Cush. | ||
''zab-bä'' “lion” (wild) vs. ''dáb-el'' “goat“ (tame) | ''zab-bä'' “lion” (wild) vs. ''dáb-el'' “goat“ (tame) | ||