quote:Originally posted by hangool: Aw-Saar,Partir c'est mourir une peut.Read a number of your sane,reasonable,well-argued posts. Did you know your name in Somali means the High Priest of Saar(probably an ancient Som deity)? Farewell,Aw-Saar.
"Aw" is Harari from EthioSemitic "Ab" (which is pan-Semitic, btw) for "father." It came to take on the meaning "holy man" as well, though.
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Is Ab semitic, cushitic or afrasan? Ab and its variants like abo,abe,aba are also use by the Somali and Oromo to denote father. Dunno about other Cushitic languages.Who borrowed Ab from the other?
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Ab has semetic origins i think, but that doesn't really explain why oromos and somalis use it.
"Aw" may mean father, but "Abba" in harari is instead used to denote either a random male, or older brother. For the record, Abbayo is female, and abbay is older sister.
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