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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? | ||
Sem. (only?) *ya- names of animals, plants, proper names. | |||
*Sem. (only?) *ya- names of animals, plants, proper names. | |||
*m- verbal noun/tool/instrument/agent/participles/nouns of place: tool with which/means by which action is done, but also where action happens. Egypt. ''mnẖt'' “clothing” ~ ''wnẖ'' “to dress oneself”, ''mrẖt'' “fat” ~ ''wrẖ'' “anoint” | *m- verbal noun/tool/instrument/agent/participles/nouns of place: tool with which/means by which action is done, but also where action happens. Egypt. ''mnẖt'' “clothing” ~ ''wnẖ'' “to dress oneself”, ''mrẖt'' “fat” ~ ''wrẖ'' “anoint” | ||
*''*-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). Eg. ''3-bw'' “elephant”, ''d-b'' “hippo” ~ Cushitic ''ló-ba'' (same meaning, for d~l alternation, see above) | *''*-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). Eg. ''3-bw'' “elephant”, ''d-b'' “hippo” ~ Cushitic ''ló-ba'' (same meaning, for d~l alternation, see above) | ||