jilib

Somali

Other scripts
Latin jilib
Arabic جِلِب

Etymology

From Proto-East Cushitic *g[i/u]lb+ (Bender, 2020), from Proto-Cushitic *gilb-/*gulb-.[1] Cognates include Afar gulub, Oromo jilba, Jiiddu jolow,[2] Qimant gə́rə́b, Blin gərb, Beja gulub, Saho gūmba, Xamtanga [script needed] (gərbə), Iraqw gurungura and Sidamo guluphpho, Hadiyya gurubbo. furthermore Amharic ጉልበት (gulbät).

Possibly related to Proto-Semitic *birk- (“knee”) which undergoes strong metathesis (*birk- > *kirb- > *gilb-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.lib/

Noun

jilib m

  1. knee
  2. a hill, a small mountain
  3. one's tribe
  4. a fishhook

References

  • “jilib” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.
  1. ^ Sasse, Hans-Jürgen (1979) “The Consonant Phonemes of Proto-East Cushitic (PEC)”, in Afroasiatic Linguistics, volume 7, number 1
  2. ^ Salim Alio Ibro (1998) English-Jiddu-Somali Mini-Dictionary, Victoria, Australia: La Trobe University Language Center, →ISBN
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