Reconstruction:Proto-Cushitic/ɬam-

This Proto-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-Cushitic

**Proto-Cushitic cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : *ɬam-

Etymology

Compare Beja lumi (“finger”), Awngi [script needed] (laŋet, “finger”), Oromo elema (“index finger”), Burunge 'eleema (“twig, branch”).^[1]

Numeral

*ɬam-

two

Derived terms

North Cushitic:
- *lam-aab
  - Beja: maloob
Proto-Agaw: *läŋ-/*laŋ-a
- Blin: leña
- Awngi: ሊጛ (“linga”)
East Cushitic:
- Proto-Highland East Cushitic: *lam-
  - Burji: lama
  - Kambaata: lamu, lámo
  - Sidamo: lame
  - Gedeo: lame
  - Hadiyya: lamo
- Saho-Afar:
  - Saho: lammaa
  - Afar: nammay, lammay
- Oromoid:
  - Oromo: lama
  - Bussa: taammu
- Omo-Tana:
  - Somali: laba
  - Jiiddu: lami, lamma
  - Rendille: lama
  - Baiso: lama
  - Arbore: laamá
  - Daasanach: naama
Dahalo: liima
Proto-South Cushitic: *ɬam
- Aasax: slam, laama
- Rift:
  - >? Iraqw: tám (“three”)
  - >? Burunge: tam (“three”)

References

^ Blažek, V. (2020). "An excerpt from the Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of Beja: Anatomical Lexicon". Folia Orientalia 57, page 73 →DOI

[1] Blažek, V. (2020). "An excerpt from the Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of Beja: Anatomical Lexicon". Folia Orientalia 57, page 73 →DOI

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