wadne

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *wazana. Cognates include Hadiyya wodano, Saho wadana, Baiso wodana, Oromo onnee. Proto-Highland East Cushitic *wadzana yields further cognates such as Sidamo wodana, Hadiyya wadano, Burji wodana etc...[1]

Noun

wadne

  1. heart

References
  • Somali Wörterbuch by M. A. Farah - D. Heck (Buske Verlag, Hamburg 1993)
  1. Appleyard, David (2006) A Comparative Dictionary of Agaw languages (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 24, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 82
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