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Somali
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic *caanrab-. Cognate with Afar arraabá, Burji arraba, Hadiyya allabo, Kambaata arrabita, Oromo arraba and Sidamo arrawo.
Noun
carrab m
- (anatomy) tongue (organ in the mouth)
References
- OMIMEE's new Somali Dictionary: English - Somali – Qaamuuska Af-Ingiriis - Af-Soomaali, Cologne, Germany: OMIMEE Intercultural Publishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 273
- Larajasse, Évangéliste de (1897) “carrab”, in Somali-English and English-Somali Dictionary, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., page 11