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Reconstruction:Proto-South Cushitic/daqway

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This Proto-South Cushitic 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-South Cushitic

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Etymology

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From dakw'-; compare Kw'adza dakw'akw'ayiko.

Cognate with Awngi dəɣʷarí, Blin dəxʷara, Xamtanga dəxʷara, Qimant dəɣʷära.[1]

Noun

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*daqway m (plural *daqwaya'i n) (West Rift)[2]

  1. donkey

Descendants

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  • Iraqw: daqwaay
  • Gorowa: daqway
  • Burunge: daqway
  • Alagwa: daqway
  • Mbugwe: ndáko
  • Nyaturu: ndoghwe
  • Sandawe: dak'wé
  • Sukuma: nzobe

References

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  1. ^ Appleyard, David (2006) A Comparative Dictionary of Agaw languages (Kuschitische Sprachstudien; 24), Köln/Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 56
  2. ^ Kießling, Roland, Mous, Maarten (2003) “*daqway”, in The Lexical Reconstruction of West-Rift Southern Cushitic (Kuschitische Sprachstudien; 21), Köln/Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 88