Dahalo

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Note 23: Southern Cushitic Dahalo - dééla "girl not yet of child-bearing age" final position * - a * - e * - dele is a regular Ma'a sound shift; proto-Wami * - dele "girl/young woman."

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008
Southern Cushitic: Dahalo бar - "to know" proto-Wami * mbala "wise person," Zigua - bala "acute, cunning, clever, shrewd."

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008