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Beja edit
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Etymology edit
From Dongolawi essi-n-ti (literally “cow of water”), from Proto-Nubian *es-ti (“water”).
Noun edit
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- hippopotamus, a large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius).
References edit
- Václav Blažek (2014) “Beja versus Nilo-Saharan: on the lexical witness of mutual contacts”, in Folia Orientalia, volume 51, Commission of Oriental Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Kraków Branch, page 321
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Adjective edit
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