Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 3092

Proto-Semitic: *(ʔa)naḥnu ~ *(ʔa)ḥan(an)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: we

Akkadian: nīnu

Ugaritic: nḥn

Phoenician: ʔnḥn

Hebrew: anaḥnū

Aramaic: Pal ʔănan

Biblical Aramaic: ʔănaḥnāʔ

Syrian Aramaic: ḥǝnan

Modern Aramaic: Urm ʔaḥǝnan

Mandaic Aramaic: anin

Arabic: naḥnu

Tigre: ḥǝna

Tigrai (Tigriñña): nǝḥna

Amharic: ʔǝñña

Argobba: ǝnna

Gafat: ǝnni

Harari: ǝñña

East Ethiopic: Wol iñña

Gurage: Sod ǝñña, Cha yǝna

Mehri: nḥah

Jibbali: nḥan

Harsusi: neḥa

Soqotri: ḥanhen

Number: 3093

Proto-Semitic: *min

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: what?

Akkadian: mīnu

Syrian Aramaic: mǝnā

Epigraphic South Arabian: m

Geʕez (Ethiopian): mǝnt <mǝ-ʔǝnta 'what is (it) that?'

Tigrai (Tigriñña): mǝntay (mǝnǝw 'which?')

Amharic: mǝn

Argobba: mǝn

Gafat: mǝn, mǝni

Harari: min

East Ethiopic: Wol mǝn

Gurage: Sod mǝn, Cha mǝr

Number: 3094

Proto-Semitic: *ma(h)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: what?

Akkadian: mā 'what!'

Ugaritic: mh

Phoenician: m

Hebrew: mā

Aramaic: Pal mh

Biblical Aramaic: mā

Modern Aramaic: Urm mū(-dī)

Mandaic Aramaic: mahu

Arabic: mā

Epigraphic South Arabian: m

Geʕez (Ethiopian): mi (not often used)

Tigre: mi, mǝ

Gurage: mǝ- in mǝ-ḳar 'which thing?' LGz 323

Soqotri: mī 'when?' (cf. inim 'what?' (JM 150: -(ǝ)n an obsolete marker of oblique case - in Mhr!)

Number: 3095

Proto-Semitic: *ʔini(m)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: what?

Jibbali: ʔinɛ

Soqotri: inim

Number: 3096

Proto-Semitic: *bayṣ̂-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: white 1, yellow 2

Arabic: ʔabyaḍ-

Modern Arabic: Leb Mec ʔabyaḍ, Malt abyat

Geʕez (Ethiopian): beṣa, bǝṣā 2

Tigrai (Tigriñña): bič̣a 2

Amharic: bǝč̣a 2

Argobba: bǝč̣a 2

Gurage: Sod Cha weṭa 2

Number: 3097

Proto-Semitic: *nVṣVḥ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: be pure, white; shine

Hebrew: nēṣaḥ 'splendour, glory' HAL

Syrian Aramaic: nṣḥ 'be brilliant, shine'

Arabic: nṣḥ 'be pure, sincere'

Epigraphic South Arabian: nṣḥt 'friendship'

Geʕez (Ethiopian): naṣḥa 'be pure, clean, etc.'

Amharic: näč̣č̣ 'white'

Gafat: nǝṣwä 'white'

Harari: näč̣īh 'white'

Gurage: Sod näč̣č̣ä 'white'

Number: 3098

Proto-Semitic: *man(nu)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: who?

Akkadian: mannu

Aramaic: Pal man, mʔn

Biblical Aramaic: man

Syrian Aramaic: man(-nu)

Modern Aramaic: Urm man

Mandaic Aramaic: man

Arabic: man

Epigraphic South Arabian: mn

Geʕez (Ethiopian): mannu

Tigre: män

Tigrai (Tigriñña): män

Amharic: man

Gafat: man

Harari: mān

Gurage: Sod man, Cha mʷan

Mehri: mon

Jibbali: mun

Harsusi: mōn

Soqotri: mon

Number: 3099

Proto-Semitic: *mi/a

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: who?

Ugaritic: my

Phoenician: mī LGz 323

Hebrew: mī

Argobba: ma

East Ethiopic: Wol ma

Gurage: Sod ma

Number: 3100

Proto-Semitic: *ʔant_-at-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: woman

Ugaritic: ʔat_t

Phoenician: ʔšt

Hebrew: ʔiššā

Aramaic: Pal ʔä(y)ttā, ʔth

Syrian Aramaic: ʔi(n)tǝt-

Mandaic Aramaic: ant-

Tigre: ʔǝssit

Argobba: ǝnǝšča

Gafat: ansǝtä

Number: 3101

Proto-Semitic: *ʔad-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'father' 1, 'lord' 2

Ugaritic: ʔad 1

Phoenician: ʔd 2

Amharic: ad 1

Number: 3102

Proto-Semitic: *kll

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: surround, encircle

Mandaic Aramaic: kulul- ball, round'

Arabic: ʔiklīl- 'chair autour de la naissance des ongles; nuage qui semble entouré d'une légère enveloppe' (BK 2 919), kallala 'to crown', ʔiklīl- 'crown' (<Aram?)

Geʕez (Ethiopian): kallala 'surround, encircle, crown', ʔaklil 'crown, diadem, etc.' (<Aram.?)

Tigre: källa 'go around', kälkäla 'encircle'

Tigrai (Tigriñña): kʷällälä 'go around'

Amharic: källälä 'surround, crown, guard'

Number: 3103

Proto-Semitic: *ʔay-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: you (sing.)

Soqotri: ʔē (m.), ʔī (f.)

Number: 3104

Proto-Semitic: *ʔapar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: dust, soil; ashes

Hebrew: ʔēpär 'ashes'

Amharic: afär 'ashes'

Notes: v. HAL 80; LGz 10

Number: 3105

Proto-Semitic: *gdr

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to grow, grow big

Arabic: ǯdr 's'élever au-dessus du sol (se dit des plantes); se former (se dit des certain fruits)' (BK 1 263)

Amharic: (tä)gäddärä 'germinate'

Harari: Har. g(i)dr 'big'

East Ethiopic: Wol. gädärä 'big', Wol Zway gädärä 'grow up (child), be big'

Gurage: Sod. gǝddǝr (also 'long')

Number: 3106

Proto-Semitic: *ʕḳr

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to grow big

Arabic: ʕḳr 'ê. grand, haut, d'une belle croissance (se dit des plantes)' (BK 2 315)

Jibbali: ʕɔ́ḳɔ́r 'to grow up' (JJ 11)

Soqotri: ʕeḳar 'grand', ʕéḳar 'grandir' (LS 325)

Number: 3107

Proto-Semitic: *nVt_Vk-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to bite

Akkadian: nšk

Ugaritic: nt_k

Hebrew: nšk

Geʕez (Ethiopian): nsk

Mehri: net_k

Number: 3108

Proto-Semitic: *ḳaŝʕ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: hyena, wolf

Arabic: ḳašʕ- hyène mâle also 'caméléon' [BK 2 742-3]

Jibbali: ḳeśɛ́t wolf [JJ 153]

Number: 3109

Proto-Semitic: *gwz 1, 2 ~ *gzʔ 3 ~ *gVzz- 4 ~ *gizz- 5

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'tend, drive cattle to the watering-place; drive (beasts of burden)' 1, 'give money' 2, 'own, possess, govern' 3, 'cattle' 4, 'clip; fleece' 5

Akkadian: gazāzu 'sheer (sheep and goats) OAkk on CAD G 59, gizz- 'clip'

Hebrew: gēz 'fleece (of sheep)', gizzā 'fleece, wool'

Syrian Aramaic: gezzā 'tonsura', gezzǝtā 'vellus' руно, снятая шерсть Br 111

Mandaic Aramaic: gyztʔ 'fleece, wool'

Arabic: ǯzz 'couper le poil, les cheveux, la laine, etc.; tondre (les moutons)' BK 1 285; cf. ǯwz 'aller, marcher; passer, traverser; conduire des bêtes de somme, des montures pour quelqu'un; abreuver les bestiaux, les conduire à l'eau' BK 1 353, IV 'donner à qqn telle ou telle somme d'argent' 354, cf. ʔal-ǯawzāʔ- 'brebis noire, dont le milieau du corps est blanc' 355

Geʕez (Ethiopian): gāz, gāzā, gizān 'treasury, wealth, money' LGz 210 ("<Gr. gaza; also occurs in Aram.-Syr. gazzā going back to Median ganza"), cf. ʔǝgziʔ 'master'

Tigre: gäzʔa 'possess, dominate',

Tigrai (Tigriñña): gäzʔa 'possess, buy'

Amharic: gäzza 'possess, buy, govern'

Argobba: gäzza 'possess, buy, govern', gīzi 'cattle, money' LGur 305

Gafat: gäzzä 'master'; gǝzzä 'cattle, money'

Harari: gäzaʔa 'master'

East Ethiopic: Wol Zw gǝzat, Sel gǝzāt 'cows, domestic animals, cattle' LGur 306

Gurage: *gäza 'own, possess, govern, etc.' LGur 304; Muh Gog Sod gǝzz 'cows, domestic animals, cattle', Sod. gǝzzoday 'shepherd' ibid. 305

Number: 3110

Proto-Semitic: *gyŝ-/*gŝy ~ *gVŝiŝ- ~ *gŝʔ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to herd, tend cattle' 1, 'pasture' 2, 'produce plants (soil); emigrate (tribe)' 3

Arabic: ǯšʔ 'produire de plantes (sol); émigrer (tribu)'; iǯtašša 'ê. couvert d'herbes entrelacées (sol)'

Geʕez (Ethiopian): gʷāsaya 'tend cattle' LGz 205: <Tna?

Tigre: (?) gʷasa 'shepherd' (my files; not in LH, LGz, LGur)

Tigrai (Tigriñña): gʷasäyä 'tend cattle' LGz 205

Gurage: Endegeñ gǝsä 'sheep' LGur 298

Soqotri: geŝ 'paître, conduire le bétail' LS 117, géŝiŝ 'champ (endroit où l'on conduit le bétail) 118

Number: 3111

Proto-Semitic: *naḳid- 1, *naḳad- 2

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'shepherd, sheep-breeder' 1, 'sheep, lamb' 2

Akkadian: nāḳidu 'herdsman' OAkk on CAD N 333

Ugaritic: nḳd 'pastor principal' DLU ('breeder of small cattle' A Cun. Anth. of rel. texts from Ugarit)

Hebrew: nōḳēd 'shepherd, sheep-breeder', pB. 'lamb'

Arabic: naḳḳād- 'shepherd' HAL (not in BK), naḳad- 'espèce de moutons particuliers à la province de Bahrein, très petits et rabougris, mais donnant une très-bonne laine' BK 2 1321, naḳd- 'argent comptant; bonne pièce de monnaie' ibid.

Notes: Cf. Arab. ḳwd 'mener, conduire (un cheval, etc.) en marchant devant lui' BK 2 831, ḳawd- 'chevaux en laisse, attachés les uns aux autres sans être montés' ibid. 832