Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/labiʔ-

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *libaʔ-

Etymology

Possibly related to *lib- (“heart”)[1] due to the idea of strength.

Noun

*labiʔ-

  1. lion

Descendants

  • Proto-Semitic: *labiʔ- (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Egyptian: ꜣb (“leopard”)
  • Chadic:
    • West Chadic:
      • Mwaghavul: rəḅəl
    • Proto-Central Chadic: *lɨvari
      • Cibak: ˀalvàri
      • Gude: lìvàrà
      • Huba: lɛ̄vàrí
      • Hwana: lìfārì
      • Kofa: lìvɛ̀ri
      • Mafa: laval
      • Margi: ḥalivàr̃ì
    • East Chadic:
      • Somrai: lārbə́
  • Cushitic:

References

  • Orel, V. E., & Stolbova, O. V. (1995). "Hamito-Semitic etymological dictionary: Materials for a reconstruction". E. J. Brill, page 355
  1. ^ So A. Murtonen (1989), “LBʾ”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 243
  2. ^ Takács, G. (2012). "Agaw lexicon and its Cushitic and Afro-Asiatic background". Rocznik Orientalistyczny, page 100
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