The Snakes
of Eden:
נחשNaK[H]aSH or Na[K]HaSH (snake/eel) words. A few of these may be from שנק SHeeNaiQ, to strangle (unique to
some snakes).
See
other Edenic “snake” words at entries like "ASP" and “PYTHON”
and “SERPENT.”
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Anglo-Saxon/ Old
English
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snaca, reptile,
snake – source of English SNAKE
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M312
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Arabic
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hanash , eel
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M213
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Asheninca:
Amazonian
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–nque, a snake species
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fricative drop FA
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Basque
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Suge
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ß nasal drop
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Bilau (Papua, New
Guinea)
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Mu.at
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S-N, Het silent, S-to-T shift (as Aramaic < Edenic)
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Bosnian, Croatian
(ends in e)
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Zmija
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M312 S-F S-N
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Bru, Katuic Branch
of Mon-Khmer (Cambodia region)
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Kasan, snake
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M231 FA
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Chayahuita:
Amazonian
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nacanac, a snake species
n See
Quechua
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Reduplicated; either fricative or guttural drop FA
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Chichewa:
Bantu (Zambia)
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Njoka, snake
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M132
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Chinese 鱔 X574
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shan , eel and earthworm
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ß guttural drop
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Chinese
(Beijing) 蜷
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quán, to snake,
slither, wiggle
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ß fricative drop FA
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Chol: Maya
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c'^n-choo, rattlesnake
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M213 FA
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Chumash:Hokan
(Amerind-Calif.)
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. Kn'shahp, snake
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M213
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Danish
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Slange, snake;
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M312 S-G added liquid
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Danish
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snog, adder,
viper
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M312 S-G FA
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Dutch;
Afrikaans; Norw.
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Slangen; slang; slanger (snake)
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M312 S-G
added liquid
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Egyptian
(Ancient)
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nik, a serpent
demon
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fricative drop FA
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Filipino,
Tagalog
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Ahas, snake
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nasal drop
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Finnish
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ankerias, eel
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added
liquid
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Gaelic,
Scots-Gaelic
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easgann, eel
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ß guttural shift
or S-G
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German
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Schlange, snake
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M312
added liquid
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Greek
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Ekhis, adder or
viper
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nasal drop
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Hausa
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Maciji, snake
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S-N
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Hawaiian
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Kuna, eel
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ß fricative drop
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Hindi: Dravidian नाग
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Nāga, snake
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fricative drop
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Icelandic
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Slöngur, snake
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M312 S-G added liquid
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Irish
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easgann, eel
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ß guttural shift
or S-G
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Irish
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Snigh, to snake, twist, wind
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M312 S-G
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Japanese ウナギ
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Unagi, eel
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fricative drop
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Kalmyk:
Mongolic (Kalmykia)
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Моһа, snake
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fricative drop
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Kannada:
Dravidian (S. India)
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go_nasa, boa constrictor,
rock snake or python
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M213 S-G FA
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Kannada:
Dravidian (S. India)
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na_ga, cobra
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fricative drop S-G FA
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Kiowa:
Amerind
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Sane, eel
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ß guttural drop
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Kui, Katuic Branch of Mon-Khmer (Cambodia region)
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Niak, serpent of legend, and initiate
to priesthood
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fricative drop FA
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Latin
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anguis, snake [source of
English ANGUINE
and
ANGUILLIFORM
– like a snake ]
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S-G
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Lao
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Ngu, snake
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fricative drop S-G
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Latvian
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Čūska, snake
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ß nasal drop
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Lithuanian
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angìs, snake, viper
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S-G FA
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Luyia: Bantu
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Inzokha, snake
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M132 JM
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Malay: Austronesian
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Niha, eel
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fricative drop
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Mang,
Mangic Branch of Mon-Khmer (Cambodia region)
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han¹ , snake
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ß fricative drop FA
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Maori:
Austronesian (New
Zealand)
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Nakahi, snake
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fricative drop
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Marathi:
Dravidian (S. India)
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ghan.as, ghan.sa_, kinds of
boa constrictor
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M213 S-G
FA
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Middle Chinese
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Gwen, snake
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ß fricative drop S-G FA
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Mingo (Amerind/Iroquoian)
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hanats, water snake
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M213
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Mongolian
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Mogoi, the common element in eel and snake word
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fricative drop S-G
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Navaho
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na’ashόii, snake
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M132
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Navaho
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naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ
, eel
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M132
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Northern Sotho: Bantu
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Noga, snake
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fricative drop
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Old High German
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unk, snake
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fricative drop FA
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Old
Indian: Dravidian (S. India)
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nāgá- snake
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fricative drop S-G FA
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Old Irish
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Escung, Fen Snake
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ß or M321 SG
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Old Irish
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Sachasan, Sand Eel
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ß or M321 SG
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Old Prussian
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angis, snake
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S-G FA
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Pali:
Dravidian (S. India)
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na_ga, snake
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fricative drop S-G FA
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Pasa’i:
Dravidian (S. India)
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go_na_s, snake
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M231 S-G FA
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Prakit:
Dravidian (S. India)
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go_n.asa, a snake species
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M231 S-G FA
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Proto-Austronesian
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*sikan, snake
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ß or M321 FA
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Proto-Korean
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*mǝk, snake
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S-N, fricative drop FA
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Quechua (Inca)
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Mach'aqway, snake
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M132 S-N, S-F
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Quechua (Inca)
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naka-naka, a harmful serpent
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fricative drop FA
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Quiche:
Maya
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kumätz, serpent, snake
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M213 S-N, S-F FA
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Russian змея (similar Ukrainian)
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Zmeya, snake
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ß guttural drop
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Sanskrit नाग
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nāgá, snake
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fricative drop
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Sesotho (Lesotho, South Africa)
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Noha, snake
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fricative drop
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Shona: Bantu (Zimbabwe)
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Nyoka
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fricative drop
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Slovenian
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Kača, snake
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nasal drop
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Somali
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Mas, snake
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guttural drop
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South Pare: Bantu; Swahili
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nyoka, snake
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fricative drop FA
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Sumerian (extinct)
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Muš, snake
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S-N, guttural drop
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Swedish
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snok, snake
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M312 FA
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Thai
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Ngoo, snake
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fricative drop S-G
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Tongan (Polynesian)
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Ngata,
snake
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S-G SH àT FA
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Udighe
(Tungus-Manchu)
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miki, snake
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S-N, fricative drop
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Ugaritic
(extinct Semitic)
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Nḥš, serpent
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FA
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Wa, Palaungic
Branch of Mon-Khmer (Cambodia region)
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hsaüin, snake
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M231 FA
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Waigali:
Dravidian (S. India)
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zyen, snake
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ß guttural
drop S-F FA
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West
Pahari: Dravidian (S. India)
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gun.s, a cobra
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M231 S-G FA
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Zuni
(isolate of New Mexico)
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ushna (bullsnake)
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ß
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More Mon-Khmer SNAKES from Fernando
Aedo:
ksan snake (Souei: Katuic Branch) M231
niak Naga (legendary serpent); a man
entering priesthood (Kui: Katuic Branch)
n’ahk mythical serpent (Bru [TS]: Katuic
Branch)
Some
venomous “snake” words ought to echo סם $ahM
(poison) from Aramaic-Syriac סמא $aMAh, poison. (In
Bari, of South Sudan, kiSuM, poison.) Akkadian bašmu is a
horned viper, and (ß) muš is a "snake" in Sumerian. [SW] See
the similar M-S
Somali snake above. In Bari (South
Sudan) “poison” is kiSuM. [SE]