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ǧāmūs جامُوس , pl. ǧamāmīsᵘ
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ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√ǦāMūS, ǦMS
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buffalo – WehrCowan1979.
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From the same mPers etymon as modPers gāvmīš ‘(water) buffalo’, from Av gāvo-māešī ‘id.’, lit. ‘cow-sheep/ram’, first component from IE *gʷou‑ ‘cow, ox, bull, domestic animal’ (which also gave, with reduction to the female, Germ *k(w)ōw‑ ‘cow’, cf. Engl cow, G Kuh; Kluge2002: cf. also Sum gux, gud, guřx ‘domestic ox, bull’1 ? ), second component from (Nourai:) IE *moiso ‘sheep’.
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▪ DRS 3 (1993) #GMŠ-1-3 [...]. -4 Syr gawmūš, gamīšā, Mnd gamušan, gamišan, gamšin, Ar ǧāmūs ‘buffle’, Gz Te gamus : tête de bétail européen sans bosse, Amh Arg goš, Har goōš, Gur gäs ‘buffle’; Gz gamas : anneau en corne de buffle, Te gamus : anneau fait d’ongle de buffle. -5 [...].
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See section CONCISE above.
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The first part of the word ǧā-mūs goes back to the same IE word *gʷou‑ for ‘cow, ox, bull, domestic animal’ as Engl cow, Ge Kuh, etc.
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► ǧāmūsaẗ, n.f., buffalo cow
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