mahʷa n. horn corne (3 groups, 4 languages) C syn: lagan, dɨrɨm, ᵐbɨkʷɨm.
This is one of the rarer roots for 'horn', and is found only in three groups in the Eastern Plains area. The labialisation component of the *h has been reanalysed as the labialisation prosody in Proto-Musgum and Proto-Gidar, which is a common sporadic process.
1Proto-Kotoko South *ahʷa horn corne 1.1) Zina (Odden) àhʷàl horn corne 1.2) Mazera (Allison) mɨhue horn corne
2Proto-Musgum *maha ʷ horn corne 2.1) Mbara (Tourneux) moho horn
3Proto-Gidar *maha ʷ horn corne 3.1) Gidar (Schuh) moho, o corne 3.2) Gidar (Hungerford) mohõ corne
This is one of the rarer roots for 'horn', and is found only in three groups in the Eastern Plains area. The labialisation component of the *h has been reanalysed as the labialisation prosody in Proto-Musgum and Proto-Gidar, which is a common sporadic process.
1Proto-Kotoko South *ahʷa horn corne 1.1) Zina (Odden) àhʷàl horn corne 1.2) Mazera (Allison) mɨhue horn corne
2Proto-Musgum *maha ʷ horn corne 2.1) Mbara (Tourneux) moho horn
3Proto-Gidar *maha ʷ horn corne 3.1) Gidar (Schuh) moho, o corne 3.2) Gidar (Hungerford) mohõ corne
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