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Reconstruction:Proto-Nubian/usi-n-gor

This Proto-Nubian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Nubian

Etymology

Literally "on the sorghum side", the side the sorghum would be on when eating; from *usi (“sorghum, durra, large millet”), *gor (“side”).

Adjective

*usi-n-gor

  1. on the right(-hand) side

References
  • Claude Rilly, Alex de Voogt, The Meroitic Language and Writing System (2012, →ISBN
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