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Amharic
wof, wäf - bird
(AED 1598)
Reconstruction
PWS
*ˁawp-
- bird
(SED II No. 48; Kogan 2011: 210)
It remains to be established whether the noun was derived from the verb (
*ˁwp
‘to fly’) or vice versa