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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dakw'-; compare Kw'adza dakw'akw'ayiko.
Cognate with Awngi dəɣʷarí, Blin dəxʷara, Xamtanga dəxʷara, Qimant dəɣʷära.[1]
Noun[edit]
*daqway m (plural *daqwaya'i n) (West Rift)[2]
Descendants[edit]
- Iraqw: daqwaay
- Gorowa: daqway
- Burunge: daqway
- Alagwa: daqway
- → Mbugwe: ndáko
- → Nyaturu: ndoghwe
- → Sandawe: dak'wé
- → Sukuma: nzobe
References[edit]
- ^ Appleyard, David (2006) A Comparative Dictionary of Agaw languages (Kuschitische Sprachstudien; 24), Köln/Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 56
- ^ 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