Talk:iisin

RFV discussion: December 2022–January 2024

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iisin

w:Beja language "hippopotamus"

inflection line has it as a noun form. Contributor seems to make entries in many languages. I assume it's an LDL. DCDuring (talk) 16:29, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

I've expanded the entry. It's a noun, though it seems to be derived from a Nubian genitive form. Ivadon (talk) 17:52, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

I'm a linguist who works on Beja. The word is real. Perhaps just as importantly, it's documented: It can be found in EM Roper's 1928 Tu Beḍawiɛ: An Elementary Handbook for the Use of Sudan Government Officials (155) and in Leo Reinisch's 1895 Wörterbuch der Beḍauye-Sprache (31). The Nubian etymology is plausible, but speculative. Pathawi (talk) 12:44, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

• No one has objected to these sources, so RFV passed. —Granger (talk · contribs) 01:16, 21 January 2024 (UTC)