Reconstruction:Proto-Somaloid/hib'èén

This Proto-Somaloid entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Somaloid

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ham- (“darkness”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḥam- (“to be black”). Cognates include Oromo halkan.

Noun

*hib'èén m

1. night.

Descendants

• Rendille-Boni:
  • Rendille: iben
  • Aweer: haw'èeŋka (“this night”)
• Somali:
  • Somali: habeen
  • Jiiddu: hamin

References

• Heine, Bernd (1978) “The Sam languages. A History of Rendille, Boni and Somali”, in Afroasiatic Linguistics, volume 6, number 2, pages 1–93