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kaligimo n. camel chameau (3 groups, 6 languages) A syn: ɮɨgʷamɨ ʸ, ᵑgʲaluba.
This root is a borrowing from the old Kanuri /kaligimo/, and is found in three of the Kotoko groups. There were no back vowels in these groups at an earlier point in their history, and this has led to the displacement of the back vowel next to velar consonants in Lagwan, Mser and Mazera. The back vowel was reanalysed as labialisation of the velar consonants, which then condition a following *ɨ to be realised as [u].

1Proto-Kotoko North *kɨlgimu camel chameau 1.1) Afade (Allison) gɨrgimu camel chameau 1.2) Mpade (Allison) gàldʒìmò camel chameau 1.3) Maltam (Allison) gɨrdʒimu camel chameau

2Proto-Kotoko Centre *kʷɨrgʷɨma camel chameau 2.1) Lagwan (Allison) kurguma camel chameau 2.2) Mser (Allison) gurguma camel chameau

3Proto-Kotoko South *kʷɨrgʷɨma camel chameau 3.1) Mazera (Allison) kurguma camel chameau

4Kanuri kalímo; kalímo ngʷáana / kàlìímò // kàlìgímò camel chameau
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