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gʷɨvɨh nm. field champ (8 groups, 27 languages) A syn: raj, sɨka, ɣʷɨr.
The basic meaning is the land where millet is cultivated. Apart from Gude, this root is not found in languages of the South sub-branch. The initial *gʷ has reduced to *w in Proto-Lamang and Proto-Higi, an unestablished change. In Proto-Bata and Proto-Margi, the same process resulted in a detached labialisation component, which attached to the *v in Proto-Bata and the *h in Proto-Margi, resulting in *kʷ. In Proto-Margi, *v has the regular reflex *f. The final *h has also been lost in several languages.

1Proto-Bata *vʷɨ field champ 1.1) Gude (Hoskinson) ùuzànvʷá -ə communal farming

2Proto-Hurza *gʷɨvɨh field champ 2.1) Mbuko (Gravina) guvo field champ 2.2) Vame (Kinnaird) kùvàk field ; farm champ ; ferme

3Proto-Margi *fakʷ field champ 3.1) Bura (Blench) faku Farm; field; garden 3.2) Margi (Hoffman) fa farm 3.3) Margi South (Harley) fa farm 3.4) Kilba (Schuh) fa farm

4Proto-Mandara *gʷɨvɨh field champ 4.1) Matal (Branger) gʷəf // guf field champ 4.2) Podoko (Swackhammer) və́hʷa,-u champ 4.3) Mandara (Fluckiger) champ (m) 4.4) Malgwa (Löhr) ukfe farm 4.4.1) Malgwa (Löhr) fe farm 4.5) Glavda (Owens) gif field, place on farm where grain gathered 4.5.1) Glavda (Owens) gʷu farm 4.5.2) Glavda (Owens) gʷu farm 4.5.3) Glavda (Owens) vaava field, place

5Proto-Mofu *gʷɨvɨh field champ 5.1) Ouldeme (Kinnaird) āvùhʷ field champ 5.2) Mada (Nkoumou) wvah champs 5.3) Moloko (Friesen) gəvah field champ 5.4) Zulgo (Haller) gùvàh champ (m.) cultivé 5.5) Gemzek (Sabatai) guvah fields champs 5.6) Merey (Gravina) guvah champ 5.6.1) Merey (Gravina) guvah champ 5.7) Dugwor (Jubumna) guva fields champs

6Proto-Maroua *gʷɨva field champ 6.1) Giziga Moutourwa (Michielan) guva champ 6.2) Giziga Marva (Hamidou) guva fields champs

7Proto-Lamang *wɨvah field champ 7.1) Lamang (Wolff) úvàha field, farm 7.2) Hdi (Bramlett) vwah field le champ

8Proto-Higi *wɨvɨhɨ field champ 8.1) Kamwe-Nkafa (Harley) vʷə 1. farm. 2.friend. 8.2) Kirya (Blench) nvʷə̀kə́ farm 8.2.1) Kirya (Blench) nvə̀kə́ farm 8.3) Psikye (Angelo) wuvə farm, (field) 8.4) Bana (Lienhard) və̀xə́ champ
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