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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]] || pilō || *péluh (oblique stem: *pléw-) ||
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| 19 || [[wiktionary:some|some]] || kiyān
| 19 || [[wiktionary:some|some]] || kiyān
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