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The name of the language family - properly spelled '''Łaȟoḇ''' in Łaȟoḇszer, and pronounced [ɬaˈχɔβ] is a reflex of the Proto-Lahob word *ɬakʰober, meaning "people", which it is one of two roots normally used in forming ethnonyms - the other being *wānəme "tribe, group, horde". These two roots are reflexed in almost all languages, and in many ethnonyms: | The name of the language family - properly spelled '''Łaȟoḇ''' in Łaȟoḇszer, and pronounced [ɬaˈχɔβ] is a reflex of the Proto-Lahob word *ɬakʰober, meaning "people", which it is one of two roots normally used in forming ethnonyms - the other being *wānəme "tribe, group, horde". These two roots are reflexed in almost all languages, and in many ethnonyms: | ||
* *ɬakʰober as ethnonym for e.g. the Łaȟoḇ (''Łaȟoḇszer'' means "Łaȟoḇ language"), Łokow, Lawo, Šlokhow; also reflexed as e.g. ''tlekweˤ'' in Coastal Tlengast, ''tlokweʁ'' in Hilly Tlengast (both "family"), '' | * *ɬakʰober as ethnonym for e.g. the Łaȟoḇ (''Łaȟoḇszer'' means "Łaȟoḇ language"), Łokow, Lawo, Šlokhow; also reflexed as e.g. ''tlekweˤ'' in Coastal Tlengast, ''tlokweʁ'' in Hilly Tlengast (both "family"), ''chlåkhmeh'' (tribe) in Chlouvānem; | ||
* *wānəme as ethnonym for e.g. the Bänme, Woŋom, Baan, and the -vānem part in Chlouvānem; also as e.g. ''onom'' (group) in Łaȟoḇszer and ''womme'' (village) in Šlokhowdeš. | * *wānəme as ethnonym for e.g. the Bänme, Woŋom, Baan, and the -vānem part in Chlouvānem; also as e.g. ''onom'' (group) in Łaȟoḇszer and ''womme'' (village) in Šlokhowdeš. | ||