Reconstruction:Proto-South Cushitic/ciraʿ-

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Proto-South Cushitic

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿic̣ir- with metathesis, from Proto-Afroasiatic *c̣ir.

Noun

*ciraʿ-

  1. bird

Descendants

  • Iraqw: tsir/i
  • Alagwa: ciraʕa
  • Burunge: ciraʕa
  • Dirasha: širaʕa

References

  • Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 246.