Sabaki origins of animal names
< p-SAB ?*
nsange
‘elephant
shrew sp.’, e.g. Swahili
sange
‘elephant shrew spp.’
[Swynnerton], Mijikenda
(Giryama)
ts’anje
‘Four-toed
elephant shrew,
Petrodomus
tetradactylus
’ [Costich]
Oryzorictes
spp.
rice
tenrecs
antsangy
< p-SAB *
nkomba
(9/10)
‘bushbaby’ [N&H], e.g.
Swahili (Unguja)
k’omba
‘galago spp.’ [Walsh]
Eulemur
coronatus
Crowned
lemur
ankomba,
komba