Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bVw-/*bVy-

Meaning: cry, weep

Western Chadic: *biy- 'cry, weep'

Low East Cushitic: *bo- < *bVw- 'cry, weep'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bVy-

Egyptian: by.t 'honey; bee'

East Chadic: *H/yVbV 'hornet, gadfly'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bVʒ/c̣uḳ- ~ *c̣ubaḳ-

Meaning: spit; saliva

Semitic: *bVz/s/ṣuḳ- 'spit'

South Cushitic: *c̣ubaḳ- 'saliva'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *caʔ-

Meaning: tree

Western Chadic: *caʔ/y/w/- 'name of a shrub' 1, 'tree with thorns' 2

East Chadic: *SVw- 'tree'

South Cushitic: *caʔ- 'tree'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *c̣aʕ-

Meaning: stick

Semitic: *ʕaṣāw/y- 'stick'

Egyptian: d_ʕʕ (med) 'twig'

Western Chadic: *c̣aH- 'stick'

Central Chadic: *nV-Cah- 'stick' (?)

South Cushitic: *caḥ- 'arrow-head' - cf.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *c̣aʕaḳ-

Meaning: shout

Semitic: *ṣVʕaḳ- 'shout' 1, 'call' (v.) 2, 'thunder' (v.) 3

Central Chadic: *c̣ak- 'ask'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *č̣aw(V)ḳ- 'ask'

Low East Cushitic: *ḍawaḳ- 'shout caused by grief'

Omotic: *č̣Vy/wVk- 'shout'

Notes: Dissimilation of *ḳ > *k in Eg. and Om.

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

Meaning: stick

Egyptian: sbr 'twig, branch' (med)

Western Chadic: *cabar- 'wooden poles'

Central Chadic: *saḅir- 'stick'

East Chadic: *sibVr- 'stick'

Notes: Scarce data. May be related to Ag: Bil sabaaraa 'flute', Xmr sibraa id.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *c̣ad-

Meaning: shout, speak

Semitic: *ṣad-

Western Chadic: *c̣ad-

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *c̣adaʕ-

Meaning: cut, grind, pound

Semitic: *ṣVdaʕ- 'split, separate'

Berber: *c̣Vd- 'grind, mill'

East Chadic: *sad- < *saHad- 'cut'

Omotic: *č̣aHad- 'pound'

Notes: An alternative reconstruction is *c̣aʕad-

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *cag-

Meaning: break

Semitic: *sVgVʕ- 'pierce'

Egyptian: sd_ 'break' (pyr)

Western Chadic: *cag- 'cut, make incision in'

East Chadic: *sig- 'iron awl'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *cagaḥ- (?)

Meaning: bird

Egyptian: sd_ḥ 'kind of bird' (MK)

Western Chadic: *cagag- 'ibis'

East Chadic: *sagay- < *sagaH- 'vulture'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): Aungi čáɣa [Hetz], č̣aġā́ [CR Aw] 'bird'

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *c̣ag-(ar)

Meaning: hair

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Western Chadic: *c̣ag- 'hair (in the horse's tail' 1, 'hair' 2

Central Chadic: *ʔVm-Cig- 'hair' (?)

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *c̣Vg^wVr- 'hair'

Low East Cushitic: *ḍagur- 'hair'

South Cushitic: *c̣ag- 'hair'

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *caḫal-

Meaning: grass

Semitic: *saḫl- 'cresse'

Western Chadic: *c/salaʔ- ~ *wVsVl- 'grass' 1, 'food grass (for horses)'

Central Chadic: *c/sahal- 'k. of grass'

East Chadic: *sV(HV)l- 'bad grass'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *caḥ-

Meaning: bird

Egyptian: sḥ.t 'kind of bird'

Central Chadic: *Cah- 'kind of bird'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *caḥ- (?)

Meaning: herd

Egyptian: sḥꜣ.t 'herd of donkeys' (OK)

Western Chadic: *caḥi- 'herd'

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *caḥm-

Meaning: black, red, yellow

Semitic: *saḥm- 'red, black'

Central Chadic: *s/cim- 'yellow'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *cahVw-

Meaning: plaited object

Semitic: *sahw- 'curtain'

Berber: *zaw- 'cord'

Western Chadic: *caw-/*cay- 'plaited cover for a door'

South Cushitic: *caḫw- 'snare' - cf.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ca/ib(-ar)-

Meaning: fence, fenced dwelling

Semitic: *sib- 'fortification', 'outskirts of a city' ~ (?) *sVbVr- (or <*swr) 'to fence off'

Egyptian: sbꜣ (pyr) 'gate'

Central Chadic: *čibVH- 'enclose' 1 , 'fence' 2, 'hide' 3 (?)

Saho-Afar: *sabsab- 'wall'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *camid-

Meaning: grass

Semitic: *samīd- 'spice plant, vegetable groats'

East Chadic: *sVmVd- 'grass'

Notes: Related to *cim- 'grass, plant'?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *cap-

Meaning: vessel

Semitic: *sapp- 'kind of vessel'

Egyptian: sp.t 'vessel' (n)

Low East Cushitic: *suṗ- 'pottery'

South Cushitic: *sep- 'gourd vessel'

Notes: Cf. Om *šiṗ- 'basket' (Mch šiṗo).