Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Notes: Derived from *č̣al-/*č̣il- "shadow". Cf. also LEC *ḍelam- 'return of the cattle home in the evening' (Som ḍelan < *ḍelam, pl. ḍelmo) and ECh *č̣ulum- 'west' < * 'dark (side)': Mig čulum-ti

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čin-

Meaning: move

Semitic: *t_VnVy-

Egyptian: syn (pyr) 'hurry'

Western Chadic: *čin- 'go'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *č̣ipar-

Meaning: fingernail

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *t_̣ip(V)r- 'fingernail'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *c̣ifar- 'finger' (unless <Eth)

High East Cushitic: *ʒurup- 'fingers' (pl.) (?)

South Cushitic: *č̣araf- 'fingernail'

Omotic: *ǯafar- 'finger' (?)

Notes: Cf. HSED, 513: most of Sem.; CCush.; SCush. irregular CCush., HEC and Omot. forms (probably unrelated).

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čir-

Meaning: speak, shout

Semitic: *t_Vrt_Vr- 'chat'

Egyptian: šsr 'speak out' (MK) (?)

Western Chadic: *čyar- 'cry out'1, 'explain' 2

Central Chadic: *čir- 'shout'

East Chadic: *čyačyar- 'cry (of guinea-fowl)'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čir-

Meaning: shine, light

Egyptian: šsr (gr) 'shine'

Western Chadic: *čyar- 'light' (n.)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čir-

Meaning: medicine

Egyptian: syꜣ (med) 'medicine'

Western Chadic: *čara- 'medicine'

Central Chadic: *čyar- 'medicine'

East Chadic: *čyarir- 'medicine'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čir- (?)

Meaning: faeces, dirt

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Egyptian: sr (gr) 'dirt'

East Chadic: *čir- 'faeces, dirt' 1, 'defecate (of birds)' 2

High East Cushitic: *čir- 'faeces'

Notes: Insufficient data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čit-

Meaning: shoot

Egyptian: sty 'shoot' (OK)

Central Chadic: *čit- 'shoot'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čiy/w-

Meaning: grass, plant

Egyptian: sw 'kind of plant' (l)

Western Chadic: *čuy- 'grass'

Notes: Cf. Rift *caw- 'reeds' (Irq cawo)? Consonantal alternation *-w- ~ *-y-.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čumal-

Meaning: creamy milk

Semitic: *t_umāl- 'milk skin'

Egyptian: smr 'cream'

Notes: Note Eg -r < *-l-

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *č̣ur-

Meaning: flint, flint knife

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *t_̣u/ir- 'flint' 1, 'rock' 2

Berber: *c̣Vr- 'flint'1, 'rock' 2

Western Chadic: *č̣ur- 'knife without handle'

Central Chadic: *čur(i)- 'axe' 1, 'hoe' 2

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čVʔ-

Meaning: pierce

Semitic: *t_Vʔay- 'pierce, wound'

Western Chadic: *[č]way- 'pierce'

Central Chadic: *čwaʔ - 'pierce'

East Chadic: *čwaʔ- 'pierce'

Dahalo (Sanye): t_iʕ- 'punch a hole' (? )

Notes: One wonders if Dah t_ is from *č-.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čVbVḫ-

Meaning: hide, close

Egyptian: sbḫ (18) 'close'

East Chadic: *čVbVH- 'plug, barricade, block'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čVkVm-

Meaning: shoulders, upper part of the back

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *čVkVm-

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čVḳ-

Meaning: gather

Egyptian: sꜣḳ (pyr) 'gather'

Western Chadic: *čak- 'gather'

Central Chadic: *čik- 'gather'

East Chadic: (*suk- 'gather' not < *č-)