Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/maʔ-

This Proto-Afroasiatic 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-Afroasiatic

Root

*maʔ-

water

Descendants

Proto-Berber: *am-an (see there for further descendants)
Chadic:
- Guruntum: mā̀
Cushitic:
- Aasax: maʔa
- Burunge: ma'ay
- Dahalo: maʔa
- Iraqw: ma'ay
Egyptian: mw (/⁠maw⁠/) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Semitic: *māy- (see there for further descendants)

References

Takács, Gábor (1999–2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, →ISBN

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