Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔabw-
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This Proto-Semitic 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-Semitic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-, ultimately an onomatopoeic nursery word. Cognate with Egyptian ꜣbwt, Proto-Berber *ʔabb, Hausa ùbā, Somali aabo, Afar abba.
Noun edit
*ʔabw- m (plural *ʔaban-)
Inflection edit
Declension of *ʔabw-
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | *ʔabwum | *ʔabwāna | *ʔabanūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | *ʔabwim | *ʔabwayna | *ʔabanīna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | *ʔabwam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st person | *ʔabwī / *ʔabwVya | — | *ʔabwVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person m | *ʔabwVka | *ʔabwVkumā / *ʔabwVkumay | *ʔabwVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd person f | *ʔabwVki | *ʔabwVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person m | *ʔabwVšu | *ʔabwVšumā / *ʔabwVšumay | *ʔabwVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd person f | *ʔabwVša | *ʔabwVšin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: the endings -m and -na are dropped in the bound form, which may also undergo syncopation of an unstressed final vowel where possible.
Note: the ending -V before the possessive endings responds to case: *ʔabwuya for nom. case, *ʔabwiya for gen. case, *ʔabwaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *ʔabw-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *ʔabw-
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Reconstruction notes edit
The final consonant of the stem is inferred based on construct forms, but Kogan reconstructs this item as *ʔab- instead.
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒀀𒁀 (abum)
- West Semitic: