carrab

Somali

Etymology

From earlier *ʕaŋ-lába, literally meaning "between the cheeks". The first element, *ʕaŋ, is preserved as Somali can (“inner buccal”), while the second element, *lab, is found in Beja miidalab (compare Oromo maddii) and Kw'adza ondalimo.^[1]

Cognate with Aweer arub, Rendille h'arrab. Jiiddu arnaw, Baiso erreb, Daasanach erbu plural of ere, El Molo errep, Oromo arraba, Konso arrapa, Afar arraabá, Burji arraba, Hadiyya allabo, Kambaata arrabita, Sidamo arraba, Yaaku erepa plural of ere, Tsamai arrafko.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʡ͜ʢɑ́rːɑ̀b/

Noun

cárrab m (plural carrabo f)

(anatomy) tongue

References

OMIMEE's new Somali Dictionary: English - Somali – Qaamuuska Af-Ingiriis - Af-Soomaali, Cologne, Germany: OMIMEE Intercultural Publishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 273
Larajasse, Évangéliste de (1897), “carrab”, in Somali-English and English-Somali Dictionary‎^[1], London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., page 11

^ Blažek, V. (2020). "An excerpt from the Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of Beja: Anatomical Lexicon". Folia Orientalia 57, page 75 →DOI

[1] Blažek, V. (2020). "An excerpt from the Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of Beja: Anatomical Lexicon". Folia Orientalia 57, page 75 →DOI

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