Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ʕaʒʒ-

This Proto-Afroasiatic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Afroasiatic

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Root

*ʕaʒʒ-

uncle

Descendants

Proto-Berber: *aziz
- Tarifit: ʕzizi
- Kabyle: εzziz
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ɛziz
- Tashelhit: ɛzziz
- Zenaga: aziz
Proto-Semitic: *ʕam-
- Arabic: عمّ (ʕamm)
- Hebrew: עָם (ʕam)
- Amharic: ዓማ (ʕama)
Egyptian: ꜥꜣ (transliterated as "ꜥa")
Hausa: ƙanƙara (meaning "uncle" or "elder")
Oromo: abbaan (meaning "father" or "master")
Mochica: ʔaaz (meaning "uncle")

References

Militarev, Alexander. (2006). Comparative-historical Afrasian linguistics in a typological perspective: The evolution of Afrasian languages and language groups. LINCOM studies in Afroasiatic linguistics, 02.
Ehret, Christopher. (1995). Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian): Vowels, Tone, Consonants, and Vocabulary. University of California Press.