sləma

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Etymology

From Proto-Chadic *km/*ɬm.[1] Cognate with Hausa kunne, Beele kumo, Bole kūmī, Kirfi kúmā, Diri húmà, Siri kūūtá, Kariya kúméi, Goemai kwām, Polci kəəm, Mangas kɨmsi, Miya kúmáy, Saya kə̀:m, Muyang ɬìmì, Uldeme sləmāy, Bana slə́mə́, Lagwan slɨmi, Moloko ɬəmáy, Mbuko ɬə́máy, Kirya-Konzel tlə́m, Daba zlìmī, Matal sləm and Mpade shimu.

Noun

sləma

  1. ear

References
  1. Jungraithmayr, Herrmann, Ibriszimow, Dymitr (1994) Chadic Lexical Roots. Tentative reconstruction, grading, distribution and comments. (Sprache und Oralität in Afrika; 20), volume I, Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag
  • Jarvis, Elizabeth, Ndoula, Lagona (2005) “sləma”, in Podoko Provisional Lexicon, SIL Cameroon, page 105
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