intama

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

Borrowed from an extinct Tale South Cushitic language. Ultimately from Proto-South Cushitic *dama (“heifer”) or Proto-South Cushitic *dama- (“large kind of antelope”)

Noun

intāma class 9 (plural intāma class 10)

  1. sheep

References


  • Ethiopians and East Africans: The Problem of Contacts‎[1], 1974, page 83
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