wiyil

Somali

Other scripts
Latin wiyil
Arabic وِيِل
Osmanya

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
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