Some
Southern Cushitic parallels II
cf. Iraqw tla/a
‘middle’
centre
salo, salu
cf. Proto-Iraqw
*diindirimo ‘hill, plateau’, Iraqw dindirimoo ‘elevated
land’, linked to Proto-Sam *dundum anthill
precipice
riri
cf. Ma’a i’azé 5/6
‘sun, day’; m’azé 3/4 ‘midday, sun, day’ < Mbugu,
Pare izúva 5/6 ‘sun’ < Proto-Bantu
sun
masea
cf. Iraqw tsitsihhi
‘gravel; spear or arrow point’; Qwadza ‘tsatsa’
arrowhead
hardened wooden point
kisio