jilib
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Somali
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Cushitic *gilb-/*gulb-.[1] Cognates include Afar gulub, Oromo jilba, Jiiddu jolow,[2] Qimant gə́rə́b, Blin gərb, Beja gulub, Saho gūmba, Xamtanga gərbə, Iraqw gurungura and Sidamo guluphpho, Hadiyya gurubbo. furthermore Amharic ጉልበት (gulbät).
Possibly related to Proto-Semitic *birk- (“knee”) which undergoes strong metathesis (*birk- > *kirb- > *gilb-).
Noun
[edit]jilib ?
References
[edit]- “jilib” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.