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Amharic
zǝyy (zǝyyi, zǝyye) - goose
(AED 1671)
The word is certainly related to the PS root though the phonetic developments presupposed by this relationship are totally obscure, v. SED II 32.
Reconstruction
PS
*ˀa/iw(a)z-, *waz(z)-
- goose
(SED II No. 22, DRS 12)