Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bariɣ- (?)

Meaning: insect

Berber: *bVriḳ- 'mosquito' 1, 'flying ant' 2

Western Chadic: *buruk- 'mosquito'

Central Chadic: *bwarVg- 'louse'

East Chadic: bVrVg- 'water insect' 1, 'caterpillar' 2

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bariḳ-

Meaning: lightning

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *bariḳ- 'lightning'

Central Chadic: *barak- < Sem?

Central Cushitic (Agaw): (?) *birVḳ- 'lightning'

High East Cushitic: (?) *ban/laḳ- 'lightning'

Dahalo (Sanye): (?) *biriḳ- 'lightning'

Omotic: *ṗariḳḳ- 'shine'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bark-

Meaning: sheep/goat

Berber: *barVk- 'flock of sheep'

Western Chadic: *bark-'she-goat'

Notes: Cf. met. *ba/ukir- '(young) sheep/goat' (3617).

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bar-/*bur-

Meaning: morning

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

East Chadic: *bur- 'morning'

Saho-Afar: *ber- 'morning'

Low East Cushitic: *bar- 'dawn, morning'

High East Cushitic: *bar- 'day'

Dahalo (Sanye): ḅurra 'morning'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *barVʕ-

Meaning: give

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *bVrVʕ- 'give, yield'

Western Chadic: *bar- 'give'

Central Chadic: *bar-/*bir- 'give'

East Chadic: *baHir- 'give'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *barVḥ-

Meaning: run away, go away

Semitic: *bVrVḥ-'run away, flee' 1, 'go away, pass by (time)' 2

Berber: *bVrbVr- 'go out' 1, 'appear' 2

Western Chadic: *ba/war- 'return'

Central Chadic: *HVbar- 'run'

Dahalo (Sanye): bariy- 'go out, depart'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *barVṭ- (?)

Meaning: boy

Berber: *baraṭ- 'child, boy'

Dahalo (Sanye): ḅooret_e 'boy'

Notes: Scarce data. Dah reflexes not clear.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bas-

Meaning: cut

Berber: *bVwVs- 'be cut, be wounded'

Western Chadic: *bas- 'cut off'

Central Chadic: *ḅis- 'cut in two'

East Chadic: *bayas-

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *bas- 'cut (skin)'

Omotic: *baš- 'slaughter'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bas- (?)

Meaning: apron

Egyptian: bsꜣw 'apron' (MK)

Central Chadic: *bas-ay- 'apron' 1, 'loin-cloth' 2

Notes: Scarce data. Ch <Eg?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bat-/*bit-

Meaning: cut off

Semitic: *bit-/*but- 'cut off, break off'

Berber: *bVt- 'cut off, chop off'

Western Chadic: *byat- 'cut into pieces' 1, 'cut corn' 2

Low East Cushitic: *ʔabVt- 'strike' 1, 'bite' 2

Notes: Cf. *baṭ- 'pierce, cut'.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *baṭ-

Meaning: pierce, cut

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *buṭ- 'split, pierce' 1, 'be split' 2

Berber: *bVṭ- 'pierce' 1, 'divide' 2

Western Chadic: *ḅat- < *baṭ- 'cut'

East Chadic: *ḅat- (< *baṭ-)

Low East Cushitic: *baṭ- 'part; divide'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bawaʔ/y- (?)

Meaning: slave, servant

Egyptian: wbꜣ 'servant' (MK)

Western Chadic: *baway- 'slave, servant' + Ngamo bìyà 'person' [SchV]

East Chadic: Migama ḅàawò séquestrer une femme' [JgM]; cf. Mawa bo 'homme, être humain, personne' [Rob]

Notes: Scarce data. An areal Eg.-Chad. cultural term?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bawil ~ *wabil- ~ *mbVl-

Meaning: ram

Semitic: *wābil- 'ram'

Berber: *b_/bVli 'sheep, rams'

Egyptian: *ybl 'ovis tragelaphus'

Western Chadic: *mbil- 'sheep'

Central Chadic: *bVlaw ~ *bV(ʔ)wVl- 'ram, goat'

East Chadic: *bVl(bVl)- 'goat'

Low East Cushitic: *bulal- 'lamb'

High East Cushitic: *ʔambul- 'goat' 1, 'ram' 2

South Cushitic: *mbal- 'bush-buck', Tragelaphus scriptus (antelope) (?)

Notes: HSED 2570: Hbr. Eg. Mafa Mkk 'buffalo'. EDE II, 23-24. Cf. *bal- 'sheep' in non-Afras. African languages (C.Sud., W.Atl.)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *baw-/*bay-

Meaning: place, house

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Berber: *bVw- 'enclosure'

Egyptian: bw 'place' (pyr)

Western Chadic: *bayi- 'place' 1, 'hut' 2

Central Chadic: *bi- 'place' 1,'hut' 2

East Chadic: *baHi- 'place' 1, 'hut' 2, 'fence' 3

High East Cushitic: *bay- 'place'

Notes: Related to *bay- 'build' and *bayit- 'house'?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *baw/yar-/*ʔi/abar-

Meaning: fig-tree

Semitic: *ʔi/abr- 'sycamore'

Berber: *ʔi/abVrir 'flower of male palm'

Western Chadic: *ʔVbawr- 'fig-tree, fig-fruit'

East Chadic: *baw/yar- 'red fig-tree'

Beḍauye (Beja): bīr ' Dumpalm'

Low East Cushitic: *baw/yar- 'river palm'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bawVʔ-

Meaning: grass

Berber: *buH- 'grass'

Western Chadic: *bway- < *bwaʔi- 'kind of wild grass'

Central Chadic: *baʔ- 'leaf, annual plant, weed' 1, kinf of grass' 2

East Chadic: *bwaʔ/yi- 'k of grass' 1, 'k of plant harmful to crops' 2

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bawVd-

Meaning: sorcerer

Semitic: *ba/ud- 'oracle priest' 1, 'pagan temple, idoleum' 2, 'one who causes harm by means of the evil eye' 3

Western Chadic: *bad- 'sorcerer' (?)

East Chadic: *bu-buḍ- 'curse'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *bawVd- 'witch-doctor' 1, 'verwolf' 2

Saho-Afar: *bud- < *bVwVd- 'witch-doctor'

Low East Cushitic: *bawVd- 'witch-doctor'

High East Cushitic: *bud- 'who has evil eye', 'potter' 2

Omotic: *bud- < *bVwVd- 'witch-doctor'

Notes: An Ethiopism in Cush and Om is possible. Cf. *bud- 'hate (v.)'.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bawVn-/*bayVn-

Meaning: rope, band

Semitic: *bayn- 'link' (n.)

Berber: *baw(V)n- 'leather sack with strings'

Egyptian: wbn 'band (on mummy's forehead)'

Notes: Cf. *Habin- 'tie'.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bay- (?)

Meaning: chief

Egyptian: by.ty 'king of the Lower Egypt' (OK).

Western Chadic: Ngamo bìyà 'person' [SchV]- or to 35 ?

Central Chadic: *bay- 'chief'

East Chadic: Mawa bo 'homme, être humain, personne' [Rob] - rather to 35

Notes: Scarce data. An areal Eg. - ECh term?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bayad-

Meaning: arm with shoulder

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ba/uday- shoulder; body member (arm?)

Berber: *bad- 'breast'

Western Chadic: *ŝa-bad- 'shoulder' (composed word?) ?

East Chadic: *bayad- 'arm'