Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Notes: Scarce data. Cf. HSED *čaʕlib-/*čuʕlib- 464 (Sem, Ch) and 490 *čuʕal- 'beast' (Sem. unconvincingly comp. to Dah t_eele 'lion'); Stolb 1996 46 (Sem, Ch); Dolg ND 391 (Sem, Ch).

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čaʕVw- (?)

Meaning: catch in a net, trap

Semitic: Akk ašāšu 'to catch (in a net)' + 'reed cover' CAD a2 422

Western Chadic: *čVw/y- 'fish' (v.) 1 , 'fisherman' 2

Central Chadic: *čV 'fish with a basket' 1, 'fish, catch' 2

East Chadic: *čaw/y- 'fish with a net' 1 , 'fish with a fishing-basket' 2

Dahalo (Sanye): t_aʕ-aad 'trap' (v.)

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

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čabVḥ-

Meaning: shout, speak

Egyptian: sbḥ (pyr) 'shout'

Western Chadic: *čab- 'speak'

Central Chadic: *čab- 'ask'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čaḫar-

Meaning: plan

Egyptian: sḫr 'idea, plan' (OK)

Western Chadic: *čaHar- 'intention, plan'

East Chadic: *čaHar- 'imagine, predict'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čak- (?)

Meaning: plait

Egyptian: st_ꜣ 'spin' (pyr)

Western Chadic: *čak-/*čaHVk- 'plait'

Central Chadic: *či-čik- 'twist'

Notes: Cf. ECh *čaHak- 'loom' (Mig čaaka). Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čakin- ~ *čankʷ-

Meaning: net, trap

Semitic: *t_ikinn- 'net'

Western Chadic: *čankw-/*čakwan- 'bird-snare, fish-trap' 1, 'a "trap" in a game' 2

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ča/iw(a)r- (?)

Meaning: bull/elephant/rhinoceros

Semitic: *t_awr- 'bull, ox'

Egyptian: šsr (<*čVr-?) 'bull' (?)

Central Chadic: *čiw(-ar)- 'elephant'

Low East Cushitic: (?) *šV̄r- < *čV̄r-? 'hippopotamus'

South Cushitic: *čawr- 'bull'

Omotic: *šawr- (<*čawr-?) 'rhinoceros'

Notes: Cf. HSED, 477: Sem. *t_awr- and Eg. šsr. Cf. also Bla. Eleph., 200

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ča/ud-

Meaning: (woman's) breast

Semitic: *t_a/ud- '(woman's) breast'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čal- (?)

Meaning: small cattle; large antelope

Semitic: *t_Vl- 'head of small cattle; (?) k. of antelope'

Western Chadic: šil- (<*čil-?) 'hartebeeste' 1, 'buffalo' 2

Low East Cushitic: *sāl- (<*čal-?) 'oryx'

Dahalo (Sanye): sāla (<*čāl?) 'sp. gazelle (impala ?)

Notes: Doubtful both phonetically and semantically. Cf. Sk Ant 11-12 (also in non-AA African languages).

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čamaʔ-

Meaning: eat, feed

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *t_Vmaʔ- 'feed (with rich food)'

Western Chadic: *čam- 'taste, test'

East Chadic: *čam- 'eat (hard food)'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čamm-

Meaning: gather, join

Semitic: *t_Vmm- 'collect, gather'

Western Chadic: *čam(m)- 'link up, join' 1, 'gather' (tr.) 2, 'all' 3

Central Chadic: *čVm- gather, join' 1 , 'gathering' 2

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čapaḥ-

Meaning: catch

Egyptian: spḥ 'catch with a lasso' (pyr)

Western Chadic: *čaHap- 'catch'

East Chadic: *čaHap- 'fish '(v.) 1, 'take` 2, 'take smth out of the pot' 3, 'pull out of the water' 4

Notes: An alternative reconstruction is *čaḥap-

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čapVṭ- (?)

Meaning: judge, be true

Semitic: *t_VpVṭ- 'judge (v.)'

Western Chadic: *čapVṭ- 'right (adj.)'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *č̣ar-

Meaning: look, see

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: nVṭ_ar- 'guard' 1, 'look' 2

Berber: *c̣Vr- 'see, look'

Western Chadic: *č̣ar- 'guard'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čar-

Meaning: throw

Semitic: *t_Vr- 'throw'

Western Chadic: *čar- 'throw, shoot' 1, 'strike' 2

Dahalo (Sanye): t_aaro 'pierce'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čar-

Meaning: arrow, spear

Egyptian: šsr 'arrow' (pyr)

Western Chadic: *čar- 'throw a spear, shoot an arrow' 1, 'fire at, hit (with spear, arrow)' 2

Central Chadic: *čyar- 'reed from which arrow-shaft is secured; arrow-shaft'

Dahalo (Sanye): t_aaro 'spear'

Notes: One wonders if Dah t_ is from *č-. Derived from *čar- 'throw'?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *čarb-

Meaning: fat (animal)

Semitic: *t_arb- 'fat (animal)'