Austric etymology : List with all references

Proto-Austric: *dVp

Meaning: a k. of insect

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Proto-Austroasiatic: tVp

Austroasiatic meaning: grasshopper

Proto-Austronesian: *andap

Austronesian meaning: millipede

Proto-Austro-Asiatic: tVp

Meaning: grasshopper

Austric etymology: Austric etymology

Khmer: kǝṇtu:p < OK kǝntwap

Proto-Monic: *tap

Proto-Palaungic: Wa *tiap

Khmer: kǝṇṭu:p

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Old Khmer: kǝntwap

Old Khmer Meaning: grasshopper, mantis

References: P72

Proto-Monic: *tap

Meaning: grasshopper

Presyllable: kǝN-

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Modern Mon: khǝtap, gǝtap

Nyakur: kǝntap.L

Nyakur meaning: grasshopper

References: N40

Proto-Palaung-Wa:

Meaning: flea

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Proto-Wa: *tiap, #, N-

Proto-Plang: *tiap

Proto-Wa: *tiap, #, N-

Meaning: flea

Palaung-Wa etymology: Palaung-Wa etymology

Paraok: diap

Paraok meaning: flea

Wa: tɛp

Wa meaning: flea

Ava: tiap

Lawa: tɛp

Lawa meaning: flea

Um: tɛp

Wa (dial.): dɛp.1

Wa (dial.) meaning: flea

References: D-143: *tɛp; P-105: *tip.1

Proto-Plang: *tiap

Meaning: flea

Palaung-Wa etymology: Palaung-Wa etymology

Bulang: tiap.1

Bulang meaning: flea

Konto: tep.1, a-

Konto meaning: flea

Samtao (Paulsen): tip.1

Samtao (Paulsen) meaning: flea

Samtao (Diffloth): tɛp.1, ʔǝ-

Samtao (Diffloth) meaning: flea

References: P-105: *tip.1

Borean (approx.) : TVPV

Meaning : ant, insect

Afroasiatic : *dabVr-

Austric : *dVp

Amerind (misc.) : *tapu 'ant' (R 8); cf. also *tampa 'snake (actually: 'worm') (R 658)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *dabVr-

Meaning: insect

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *dVb(V)r- 'bee' 1, 'wasp' 2

Central Chadic: *dVbur- 'termite'

Low East Cushitic: *darab- 'earth-warm' (met.)

Notes: Derived from, or related to, *dabaʔ- 'insect'.

Number: 2373

Proto-Semitic: *dVb(V)r-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: bee

Hebrew: dǝbōrā '(wild) honey-bee' [KB 208], pB. [Ja. 276]. // Since the term is not very common, it is impossible to know whether it refers also to the domesticated bee.

Judaic Aramaic: dǝbōrǝyā 'bee-swarm, bee-hive' [Ja. 277], dabbārē (pl.) 'bees' [ibid. 279], dabbartā, dǝbōrǝt_ā 'bee' [ibid.] (cf. [Levy WT I 161], [Levy WTM I 375]).

Syrian Aramaic: debbōrā 'vespa' [Brock. 140], debbortā 'apis; vespa, crabo' [ibid.], [PS 814-5].

Arabic: dabr- 'essaim (d'abeilles ou de frelons)', dibr- 'essaim (d'abeilles ou de frelons); sauterelles qui viennent d'éclore' [BK 1 665], [Fr. II 4], [Lane 845], [LA IV 274- 5], dabbūr- 'bourdon, grosse mouche, frelon; reineabeille' [Dozy I 422], [LA IV 274], daybarān- 'guêpe' [Dozy I 274]].

Amharic: dibʷara 'a yellow fly which afflicts cattle' [K 1781] (в сочетании dibʷara zǝmb).

Notes: Two groups of comparable forms with a different first radical are attested: d_-forms: Hrs. d_ebēr, d_ebáyr 'hornet, fly' [JH 28] (cf. Mhr. d_ǝbēr, Jib. ɛd_bir quoted [ibid.]; none appears in [JM] and [JJ]); z-forms (often with -mb-, -nb- instead of -bb-): Jud. zibbōrā 'bee, wasp' [Ja. 390], 'Biene, Wespe' [Levy WTM I 511], zybwry 'hornet' [Sok. 175], Sam. zanbur 'hornet' [Tal 234] (acc. to Tal, an Arabism), Mnd. zimbura 'hornet, bee' [DM 166], zambura 'wasp, hornet' [ibid. 159]; Arb. zanbūr-, zinbār- 'guêpe' [BK 1 970], [Lane 1256], [LA IV 331]; Gez. // zanbir 'hornet, wasp' [LGz. 640]. // Relationship between the three sets of forms remains obscure. One can postulate one PS root (most probably with *d_-, taking the MSA forms as archaic) which would imply irregular phonetic developments *d_ > d and *d_ > z in a number of languages (such irregularties are not very difficult to concieve for a term with a certain degree of expresssivity like the present // one; note, on the other hand, that a considerable group of examples with PS *d_ > Hbr. d is known otherwise, only some of them collected in [Rabin]). Alternatively, two different roots *dVbVr- and *zV(n)bVr- can be postulated which would point to a secondary d_ in the MSA (possibly under the influence of PS *d_VbVb- 'bee'). Most of the above forms were treated in some detail in [GVG I 134] and [Blau 1970 46] (Blau is inclined to reconstruct two different protofoms); none of the two works takes the MSA evidence in consideration, however. // If *d_VbVr- as posited as the proto-form, it is difficult to avoid comparison to the PS term for 'fly' (*d_VbVb-, No. ...). In view of the possibility of -b and -r being fossilized markers of harmful and useful animals ([Diakonoff AL 57], cf. already [Yushmanov 174ff.]), // [DRS 213]: ("on suppose un doublet proto-sémitique DBR/ZBR"); Hbr., Arm. (d-), Arb. (d-), MSA (d_-forms for all the continental languages); [ibid. 678]: Arm. (z-), Arb., Gez.; [KB 208]: Hbr., Jud. (d-, z-), Syr., Mnd., Arb. (d-, z-), Gez. (considered an Arabism); [Brock. 140]: Syr., Jud. (d-), Hbr., Mnd., Arb. (d-, z-); [LGz. 640]: Gez. (considered an Arabism), Arb. (z-), Hbr., Mhr. (d_ǝbēr, an error for Hrs.?), Mnd., Jud. (d-, z-), Syr. (zebbūrā, zanbūrā, not in [Brock.] with this meaning but cf. zanbūrā 'vespa' [PS 1140]); [Firmage 1155]: Hbr., Arm. (dabbartā), Arb. (dibr-, dabbūr-).

Proto-CChadic: *dVbur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'termite; anthill'

Fali Bwagira: dǝ̀vùr̆-ŋǝn [Kr: 28]

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *darab-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'earthworm'

Oromo (Galla): darabii

Notes: Metathesis and assimilation of vowels?

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