Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕaḥaʕay- (?)

Meaning: maid

Egyptian: ʕḥʕy.t (MK) 'maid'

Western Chadic: *ḥayay- 'maid'

Notes: An areal Eg.-Chad. term. Note an unusual morphonological structure of this word.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕak-

Meaning: be hot; fire

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ʕik-/*ʕuk- 'be hot'

Western Chadic: *ʔakwa- 'fire'

Central Chadic: *HVk(V)k- 'hot'

East Chadic: *ʔak(V)k- 'fire'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕaḳid-

Meaning: tie, spin

Semitic: *ʕVḳid- 'bind' 1, 'knot' 2

Western Chadic: *ḳad- 'spin (cotton)'

Central Chadic: *kiyad- 'plait'

East Chadic: *kVd- 'untie'

Notes: An alternative reconstruction is *ḳiʕad-

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕaḳ/k-

Meaning: know, see

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Egyptian: ʕk 'learn' (a)

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *ʔaḳ- 'see, know' (?)

Low East Cushitic: *ak- 'know' 1, 'see' 2

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕaḳ(V)b- ~ *ḳaʕab- (?)

Meaning: hoof, sole

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ʕaḳ(V)b- 'heel'

Central Chadic: *kaHab- 'hoof'

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *(ʕa-)ḳVrab- (?)

Meaning: insect

Semitic: *ʕaḳrab- 'scorpion'

Western Chadic: *kurVb- 'ant'

Central Chadic: *kir(V)bab- 'flea'

Notes: Cf. Akk kulbābu 'ant'. Related to *ḳird- 'tick, scorpion'? Cf. also Hausa ḳwaro 'insect', ḳwaḳwatā̀ 'louse'.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕal-

Meaning: leaf

Semitic: *ʕāl- 'leaf, foliage'

Berber: ZNG aʔǯǝ^h (poss. <*ala)

Western Chadic: *Hʷal- > *ʔalVh- / *wal- *Hʷal- > *ʔalVh- / *wal-

Central Chadic: *ʔyaliy- 'liane'

Beḍauye (Beja): BED lāt, rāt (one and the same root? <*laʕ-at-?)

Low East Cushitic: SOM ʕáléen, pl. ʕáléemó

South Cushitic: IRQ loʕo

Omotic: MAO waale (same as 'ear'), KAF wollo, ʔilaši [Bla Omot] (<*ʔil-aš- <*ʕil-?)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕal-

Meaning: height, elevation, mountain

Semitic: *ʕall- ~ *ʕVlʕVl- ~ *laʕl- 'height, elevation, the above' 1, 'upper part' 2, 'be high, elevated' 3, 'raise, elevate' 4

Saho-Afar: (?) *ʔal- 'mountain'

Low East Cushitic: *ʕal- 'mountain'

Notes: Related to *ʕaly- 'rise, climb' (1079)?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕalaḳ-

Meaning: tie, untie

Semitic: *ʕVlaḳ- 'be attached' 1, 'hang, be suspended' 2

Western Chadic: *laḳ- 'untie'

Notes: Scarce data. Unreliable.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕalVḳ/g- ~ *lVḳ/gum- ~ *ḳalVm-

Meaning: camel

Semitic: *ʕalūḳ- ~ *ʕalig- 'female camel; camel-calf'

Berber: *lVḳum- ~ *ḳVlam- 'camel'

Western Chadic: *r/l/ŝaḳum- 'camel' (?)

Central Chadic: *l/ŝuḳ/gʷam- 'camel' 1, 'horse' 2

East Chadic: *luḳ/gum- 'camel' 1, 'horse' 2

Low East Cushitic: *ḳalim- 'young female camel'

Notes: cf. HSED 1678 (N. and E.Berb.; Ch.). Cf. Sem. *(ʔā-)nāḳ-at- 'she-camel'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕaly-

Meaning: rise, climb

Semitic: *ʕVlVy/w- 'be high' 1, 'rise' 2, 'cross' 3

Berber: *Hal- 'be suspended'

Egyptian: ỉʕr (t) 'ascend'

Western Chadic: *yiHal- 'stand up, rise'

Central Chadic: *Hal- 'jump'

East Chadic: *ʔal- 'climb'

Notes: Related to *ʕal- 'height, elevation, mountain'?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕamVw-

Meaning: plant

Semitic: *ʕam(m/w/y)- 'a thornbush' 1, 'plants, herbs in general', 'large palm trees' 3

Egyptian: ʕꜣmw.t 'field plant' (XVIII)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕan-

Meaning: be tired, be ill

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ʕanaʔ/y- 'be tired'

Western Chadic: *ʕ/han- 'ache' (v.)

East Chadic: *ʔVVn- 'illness'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕanaw/y-

Meaning: work, do

Western Chadic: *nVy- 'work' (v.)

Central Chadic: *wanaH- 'do, make'

East Chadic: *nay- 'make' 1, 'do purposely' 2

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕan-/*ʕin- (?)

Meaning: exist

Semitic: *ʕVnVn- 'appear'

Western Chadic: *ʕan- 'become' (cf., on the other hand *nV 'to be, to exist')

Central Chadic: *nV 'to be'

Beḍauye (Beja): ʔan- 'be'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *ʔan-/ʔin- 'be'

Saho-Afar: *ʔan-/*ʔin- 'be'

High East Cushitic: *yon- 'be'

Notes: Phonetically unclear.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕapar-

Meaning: dust, soil

Semitic: *ʕapar- 'dust, soil'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕapy-

Meaning: (pupil of the) eye

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ʕap(ʕap)- 'pupil of the eye'

Omotic: *Ha(y)pi 'eye'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕar-

Meaning: sky

Egyptian: ʕry (gr)

Western Chadic: *Har-

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕarVḳ-

Meaning: see, understand

Egyptian: ʕrḳ (18) 'understand'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *ʔ/ʕariḳ- 'understand, know'

Low East Cushitic: *ʔarVk- 'see' - Cf.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕatuw-

Meaning: pay, give

Semitic: *ʕVtVw- 'give (a present)'

East Chadic: *ʔatuw- 'pay'