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dzɨwɨn ʸ nf. elephant éléphant (5 groups, 13 languages) A syn: ᵐbɨlala ʸ, gɨwɨn, nɨvi.
This root is one of several roots for elephant. It is possible cognate with *gɨwɨn, but the two roots would have developed along very different paths. The change *dz→ts in Proto-Margi and Proto-Higi is not known as a regular change, though Proto-Margi did have the change *z→s. There was a regular change *n→r in word-final position in the Margi-Mandara-Mofu major group. There is support for the palatalization prosody in all groups.

1Proto-Bata *dzɨwɨnɨ ʸ elephant éléphant 1.1) Gude (Hoskinson) tʃóonà -ə elephant 1.2) Jimi (Djibi) dʒuunən Eléphant

2Proto-Tera *dzɨwan ʸ elephant éléphant 2.1) Tera (Newman) dʒuwan elephant 2.2) Nyimatli (Harley) ʒuwan elephant 2.3) Gaʼanda (Gwaji) tʃhuwena elephant

3Proto-Sukur *dzɨwan ʸ elephant éléphant 3.1) Sukur (David) dʒuwan elephant 3.2) Sukur (Thomas) dʒiwan elephant; a large animal with thick grey skin, large ears, two curved teeth called tusk and long nose called trunk.

4Proto-Margi *tsɨwar ʸ elephant éléphant 4.1) Bura (Blench) tʃiwar The elephant 4.2) Margi (Hoffman) tʃuwar elephant 4.3) Margi South (Harley) tʃiwar elephant

5Proto-Higi *tsʲɨwɨn elephant éléphant 5.1) Kamwe-Nkafa (Harley) tʃhiwə elephant 5.2) Kamwe-Futu (Harley) tʃhiwe elephant 5.3) Kirya (Blench) tʃùúnə́ elephant 5.4) Bana (Lienhard) tʃìwə̀ éléphant
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gɨwɨn n. elephant éléphant (2 groups, 7 languages) D syn: ᵐbɨlala ʸ, dzɨwɨn ʸ, nɨvi.
This root is only found in two groups, and it is not possible to be certain that the forms in the two groups are indeed cognate. The final *n in the Mandara group is surprising, as Proto-Central Chadic *n has the reflex *r in word-final position in this group.

1Proto-Mandara *gɨwɨn elephant éléphant 1.1) Matal (Branger) gawan elephant éléphant 1.2) Podoko (Swackhammer) gʷíhana,-ə éléphant 1.3) Mandara (Fluckiger) gúé éléphant (m) 1.4) Malgwa (Löhr) guwe elephant 1.5) Glavda (Nghagyiva) gùna elephant

2Proto-Kotoko South *gʷagʷe elephant éléphant 2.1) Zina (Odden) gʷàgʷi elephant éléphant 2.2) Mazera (Allison) gʷagʷe elephant éléphant
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