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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 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.
*''*-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)


*''*-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”
*''*-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.”.
Oromo ''af-ān'' “mouth” ~ Ge‘ez ''af'' “id.”.


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