ᵑgʷɨs nf. woman femme (5 groups, 17 languages) C
This word covers the senses 'woman' and 'wife'. The final *s has the irregular reflex *z in Proto-Mafa. *ᵑgʷ has the unestablished reflexes *kʷ in Proto-Mandara, and *k in part of the Mofu group. It has been reanalysed as *n with a possible labialisation prosody in Proto-Tera, if indeed the Proto-Tera form is cognate.
1Proto-Mafa *ᵑgʷaz woman femme 1.1) Mafa (Ndokobai) ŋgʷaz woman femme 1.2) Cuvok (Gravina) ŋgʷaz woman femme 1.2.1) Cuvok (Gravina) ŋgʷaz wife épouse
2Proto-Tera *nuʃu woman femme 2.1) Tera (Newman) nuʃu woman 2.1.1) Tera (Newman) nuʃuku women, woman (plural) 2.2) Nyimatli (Harley) nusu woman 2.2.1) Nyimatli (Harley) Nusu woman 2.2.2) Nyimatli (Harley) nokhzi wife 2.2.3) Nyimatli (Harley) nokhzi female
3Proto-Mandara *kʷɨsɨ woman femme 3.1) Matal (Branger) mi᷆ʃ woman femme 3.2) Podoko (Swackhammer) nəsá,-ə 1 femme 3.2.1) Podoko (Swackhammer) nəsá,-ə 2 femelle 3.3) Malgwa (Löhr) mukse woman, female 3.4) Glavda (Owens) uu woman 3.4.1) Glavda (Nghagyiva) ùːsa wife 3.4.2) Glavda (Nghagyiva) ùːsa woman 3.5) Dghwede (Frick) niʃe wife
4Proto-Mofu *ᵑgʷas, mɨkɨs woman femme 4.1) Zulgo (Haller) mə̀kə́s femme f., épouse f. 4.2) Gemzek (Sabatai) məkas woman femme 4.2.1) Gemzek (Sabatai) məkas wife femme, épouse 4.3) Merey (Gravina) ŋgʷas woman femme 4.4) Dugwor (Jubumna) ŋgʷos wife femme, épouse 4.4.1) Dugwor (Jubumna) ŋgʷos woman femme 4.5) Mofu North (Barreteau) ŋgʷàs femme 4.5.1) Mofu North (Barreteau) ŋgʷàs epoàuse 4.6) Mofu-Gudur (Hollingsworth) ŋgʷas wife femme, épouse 4.6.1) Mofu-Gudur (Hollingsworth) maᵑgusa femelle, femme
5Proto-Maroua *ᵑgʷas woman femme 5.1) Giziga Marva (Hamidou) gʷas woman femme 5.1.1) Giziga Marva (Hamidou) gʷas wife femme, épouse 5.2) Mbazla (Tourneux) ᵑgas femme 5.2.1) Mbazla (SILSurvey) ᵑgǎsā woman femme
This word covers the senses 'woman' and 'wife'. The final *s has the irregular reflex *z in Proto-Mafa. *ᵑgʷ has the unestablished reflexes *kʷ in Proto-Mandara, and *k in part of the Mofu group. It has been reanalysed as *n with a possible labialisation prosody in Proto-Tera, if indeed the Proto-Tera form is cognate.
1Proto-Mafa *ᵑgʷaz woman femme 1.1) Mafa (Ndokobai) ŋgʷaz woman femme 1.2) Cuvok (Gravina) ŋgʷaz woman femme 1.2.1) Cuvok (Gravina) ŋgʷaz wife épouse
2Proto-Tera *nuʃu woman femme 2.1) Tera (Newman) nuʃu woman 2.1.1) Tera (Newman) nuʃuku women, woman (plural) 2.2) Nyimatli (Harley) nusu woman 2.2.1) Nyimatli (Harley) Nusu woman 2.2.2) Nyimatli (Harley) nokhzi wife 2.2.3) Nyimatli (Harley) nokhzi female
3Proto-Mandara *kʷɨsɨ woman femme 3.1) Matal (Branger) mi᷆ʃ woman femme 3.2) Podoko (Swackhammer) nəsá,-ə 1 femme 3.2.1) Podoko (Swackhammer) nəsá,-ə 2 femelle 3.3) Malgwa (Löhr) mukse woman, female 3.4) Glavda (Owens) uu woman 3.4.1) Glavda (Nghagyiva) ùːsa wife 3.4.2) Glavda (Nghagyiva) ùːsa woman 3.5) Dghwede (Frick) niʃe wife
4Proto-Mofu *ᵑgʷas, mɨkɨs woman femme 4.1) Zulgo (Haller) mə̀kə́s femme f., épouse f. 4.2) Gemzek (Sabatai) məkas woman femme 4.2.1) Gemzek (Sabatai) məkas wife femme, épouse 4.3) Merey (Gravina) ŋgʷas woman femme 4.4) Dugwor (Jubumna) ŋgʷos wife femme, épouse 4.4.1) Dugwor (Jubumna) ŋgʷos woman femme 4.5) Mofu North (Barreteau) ŋgʷàs femme 4.5.1) Mofu North (Barreteau) ŋgʷàs epoàuse 4.6) Mofu-Gudur (Hollingsworth) ŋgʷas wife femme, épouse 4.6.1) Mofu-Gudur (Hollingsworth) maᵑgusa femelle, femme
5Proto-Maroua *ᵑgʷas woman femme 5.1) Giziga Marva (Hamidou) gʷas woman femme 5.1.1) Giziga Marva (Hamidou) gʷas wife femme, épouse 5.2) Mbazla (Tourneux) ᵑgas femme 5.2.1) Mbazla (SILSurvey) ᵑgǎsā woman femme