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===Gender=== | ===Gender=== | ||
? 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 | however, Sem. shows bits of noun classes which are somewhat shared. Can we project to PAA? | ||
''*-r~l'' seems to have been for domestic/tame animals, cf. Egyp. ''3-bw'' “elephant” , ''iy-r'' “deer”, ''s-rw'' “sheep”, ''d-b'' “hippo” | *''*-b'' ~ wild/dangerous animals (missing in Chadic and Cushitic). | ||
*''*-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) | |||
*''*-n'' body parts, e.g. Cushitic gʷad-n “rib”, Gurage ãfu-na “nose” ( < Sem. ’anf+na), Oromo č̣inā “side” ~ Amharic and co. č̣ə-n “thigh” | |||
Oromo af-ān “mouth” ~ Ge‘ez af “id.”. | |||