wiyil

Somali

Other scripts

Latin		wiyil
Arabic		وِيِل

Etymology

Akin to Dahalo waala. Ehret proposes common origin from Proto-Cushitic *waɣl-/*wiɣl-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi.jil/

Noun

wiyil f (plural wiyillo f)

1. rhinoceros

References

• Ehret, Christopher (1987) “Proto-Cushitic Reconstruction”, in Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, volume 8, pages 7–180

• Puglielli, Annarita, Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012) “wiyil”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga‎^[1], Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN, page 875