Possibly from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Afroasiatic. Compare <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Cushitic *ʔaf- (“mouth”). *<span class="searchmatch">pay</span>- m mouth the endings -m and -na are dropped in the bound form, which may...
Possibly from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Afroasiatic. Compare <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Semitic</span> *<span class="searchmatch">pay</span>- (“mouth”). *ʔaf- mouth language <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-North Cushitic: Beja: yeef <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-East Cushitic: Highland...