Reconstruction:Proto-Somaloid/hib'èén

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 This Proto-Somaloid 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-Somaloid

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ham- (“darkness”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḥam- (“to be black”). Cognates include Oromo halkan.

Noun

*hib'èén m

  1. night.

Descendants

  • Rendille-Boni:
    • Rendille: iben
    • Aweer: haw'èeŋka (“this night”)
  • Somali:

References

  • Heine, Bernd (1978) “The Sam languages. A History of Rendille, Boni and Somali”, in Afroasiatic Linguistics, volume 6, number 2, pages 1–93
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