qanhhi

Iraqw

Etymology

From Proto-South Cushitic [Term?]; compare Gorwaa qanhhi (“fermented grain”) and qan'i (“egg”); Alagwa qana'i, Burunge qana'iya, Kw'adza kaketo, Mbugu ikokóha. Possible cognates elsewhere in Cushitic include Somali ugax, Oromo okokaani, Beja kwahi.

Noun

qanhhi f (plural qanhhaa f)

  1. egg

References

  • Mous, Maarten; Qorro, Martha; Kießling, Roland (2002), Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 72
  • Kießling, Roland; Mous, Maarten (2003), The Lexical Reconstruction of West-Rift Southern Cushitic (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 21, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 229
  • Ehret, Christopher (1987), “Proto-Cushitic Reconstruction”, in Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, volume 8, pages 7–180
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