əm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "em"

Miship

Etymology

Related to Mwaghavul am (“water”), Ngas am, Gerka ram, Tangale am.

Noun

ə̀m

  1. water

References
  • Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
    […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
    (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Chip ə̀m [Krf.], […]
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