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? Semitic + Berber + Cushitic share t- with the meaning of fem.

however, Sem. shows bits of noun classes which are somewhat shared. Can we project to PAA?

*''*-b'' ~ wild/dangerous animals (missing partially in Chadic and Cushitic but then again that can be said for any of these affixes it seems, everyone randomly lacks one).

*''*-b'' ~ wild/dangerous animals (missing partially in Chadic and Cushitic but then again that can be said for any of these affixes it seems, everyone randomly lacks one). Eg. ''3-bw'' “elephant”, ''d-b'' “hippo” ~ Cushitic ''ló-ba'' (same meaning, for d~l alternation, see above)

*''*-r~l'' seems to have been for domestic/tame animals, cf. Egyp. ~~''3-bw'' “elephant” ,~~ ''iy-r'' “deer”, ''s-rw'' “sheep”, ~~''d-b'' “hippo” ~ Cushitic ''ló-ba'' (same meaning, for d~l alternation, see above)~~, Cush.

*''*-r~l'' seems to have been for domestic/tame animals, cf. Egyp. ''iy-r'' “deer”, ''s-rw'' “sheep”, , Cush. ''zab-bä'' “lion” (wild) vs. ''dáb-el'' “goat“ (tame)

''zab-bä'' “lion” (wild) vs. ''dáb-el'' “goat“ (tame)

*''*-n'' body parts, e.g. Cushitic ''gʷad-n'' “rib”, Gurage ''ãfu-na'' “nose” ( < Sem. ''’anf+na''), Oromo ''č̣inā'' “side” ~ Amharic and co. ''č̣ə-n'' “thigh”

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 ? Semitic + Berber + Cushitic share t- with the meaning of fem.
 however, Sem. shows bits of noun classes which are somewhat shared. Can we project to PAA?
-*''*-b'' ~ wild/dangerous animals (missing partially in Chadic and Cushitic but then again that can be said for any of these affixes it seems, everyone randomly lacks one).
+*''*-b'' ~ wild/dangerous animals (missing partially in Chadic and Cushitic but then again that can be said for any of these affixes it seems, everyone randomly lacks one). Eg. ''3-bw'' “elephant”, ''d-b'' “hippo” ~ Cushitic ''ló-ba'' (same meaning, for d~l alternation, see above)
-*''*-r~l'' seems to have been for domestic/tame animals, cf. Egyp. ''3-bw'' “elephant” , ''iy-r'' “deer”, ''s-rw'' “sheep”, ''d-b'' “hippo” ~ Cushitic ''ló-ba'' (same meaning, for d~l alternation, see above), Cush.
+*''*-r~l'' seems to have been for domestic/tame animals, cf. Egyp. ''iy-r'' “deer”, ''s-rw'' “sheep”, , Cush. ''zab-bä'' “lion” (wild) vs. ''dáb-el'' “goat“ (tame)
-''zab-bä'' “lion” (wild) vs. ''dáb-el'' “goat“ (tame)
 *''*-n'' body parts, e.g. Cushitic ''gʷad-n'' “rib”, Gurage ''ãfu-na'' “nose” ( < Sem. ''’anf+na''), Oromo ''č̣inā'' “side” ~ Amharic and co. ''č̣ə-n'' “thigh”