Reconstruction:Proto-South Cushitic/ciraʿ-

Proto-South Cushitic

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿic̣ir- with metathesis, from Proto-Afroasiatic *c̣ir.

Noun

*ciraʿ-

1. bird

Descendants

• Iraqw: tsir/i
• Alagwa: ciraʕa
• Burunge: ciraʕa
• Dirasha: širaʕa

References

• Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 246.