iisin

Beja

Etymology

From Dongolawi essi-n-ti (literally “cow of water”), from Proto-Nubian *es-ti (“water”).

Noun

íisin c

1. hippopotamus, a large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius).

References

• 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

Finnish

Adjective

iisin

1. genitive singular of iisi

Anagrams

• inisi, niisi