Afroasiatic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ka(n)p-

Meaning: wing

Semitic: *kanap- 'wing'

Western Chadic: *kyap- 'wing, feather'

Central Chadic: *kopaḫ- (<*kopak- <*kVpkVp- with reduplication?) 'wing'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *kanf/b- 'wing' (?)

Omotic: *kaP- 'wing; bird'

Notes: In CCh *-p > Tera -p (and *-f > Tera -f) according to Stolbova 1996, 142. Contradictory reflection of *-p in Agaw. Related to *ka/u(n)p- 'palm of hand, sole of foot' (3192)? Cf. Bla Review 502.

Number: 2115

Proto-Semitic: *kanap-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: wing

Akkadian: kappu (also 'quill, plumage, frond') OB on [CAD k 185], [AHw 444].

Formally not distinguished from kappu 'arm, hand' (see *kapp- 'hand', No. )

Ugaritic: knp [DLU 220] /kanapu ?/ [Huehner 138].

See also mknpt 'Spannweite der Flügel' [Aist 152]

Hebrew: kānāp [KB 486]

Judaic Aramaic: kǝnap (kanpā) (also 'lap') [Ja 651]

Syrian Aramaic: kenpā [Brock 334]

Modern Aramaic: GZR kanáfta 'wing' [Nak 77] AZR kpana 'shoulder' [Garb 315]

Mandaic Aramaic: kanpa 'wing, side, arm' [DM 199, 77].

The meaning 'arm' is likely accounted for by contamination with *kapp- 'hand' (No. )

Arabic: kanaf- 'aile (d'un oiseau)' [BK 2 936]

Geʕez (Ethiopian): kǝnf 'wing; fin (of fish); branch of tree; border (of garment, land)' [LGz 287]

Tigre: kǝnf [LH 418]

Tigrai (Tigriñña): kǝnfi [Bass 608]

Amharic: kǝnf [K 14445]

East Ethiopic: WOL ZWY kǝf [LGur 345]

Gurage: MUH MSQ GOG kanfa, SOD kǝnf [LGur 345]

Notes: Note ETH ǝ instead of the expected a attested, however, in part of the GUR forms.

There is also *kan(a)p- 'side', likely related to, or derived from, the present root, though homonymy is not to be excluded: ARM SML OFF knp 'skirt of a garment' [HJ 519], SYR kenpā 'margo' [Brock 334], MND kanpa 'side' [DM 199, 77]; ARB kanaf- 'сôté' [BK 2 936]; ESA: SAB knf 'border, side' [SD 78], QAT knf 'edge, border, side' [Ricks 86]; GEZ kǝnf 'border (of garment, land)', kanfif 'border, limit' [LGz 287]; SOQ kaf 'côté' [LS 222] (less likely from *kapp- 'palm, flap of hand or foot', No. ).

Cf. *gapp-, *ʔa-gapp- 'wing'.

[Fron 49] (*kanap- 'ala' /GEZ,ARB,SYR,HBR,UGR,AKK/); [Holma 144]: AKK, HBR, ARB, SYR, GEZ; [DLU 220]: UGR, ARB, SAB, GEZ, HBR, SYR, AKK; [KB 486]: HBR, ARM, UGR, GEZ, TGR, ARB, ESA, AKK; [Brock 334]: SYR, ARM, HBR, ARB, GEZ, AKK; [LGz 287]: GEZ, ETH, HBR, ARM, ARB, UGR, AKK

Proto-WChadic: *kyap-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'wing, feather'

Sura: čáap

Notes: According to Stolbova 1996, *ki (but not *ka?) > či in Sura group.

Proto-CChadic: *kopaḫ- (<*kopak- <*kVpkVp- with reduplication?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'wing'

Tera: kopax [Takács 1997, 259]

Notes: -x in Tera is not clear.

Proto-Agaw: *kanf/b-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'wing'

Bilin: kanfi

Khamta: kenfaa

Qwara: kamb

Qemant: kämbii

Awiya (Aungi): kenfii

Notes: Unless a loan from Eth.

Proto-Omotic: *kaP-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'wing' 1, 'bird' 2

Wolamo (Wolaitta): kǝfo [Fl], kaṗ-uwa [Bla Omot] 2

Male: kafi 2

Janjero (Yamma, Yemsa): kap 2

Kafa (Kaficho): kafō 2

Bworo (Shinasha): kâfá 2

Chara: kafa 2

West Mao (Sezo): Diddesa kape 2

Dizi (Maji): Adikas kɛbi 2

Galila: kaafi 1, 2

Notes: Cf. Galila kaafi, Zaysse, Zergula, Ganjule kafo, Shinasha, Kafa kaafo, Sheko kepa, etc. 'bird'. Cf. Wolaita ḳefiya, Malo ḳepe 'wing, feather' with *ḳ- instead of *k-.

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