Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 3072

Proto-Semitic: *glš

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: sit (in a saddle?)

Hebrew: (?) glš 'to hop (alt. move down)' HAL 195, after Palache: basic meaning to jump (on one's riding animal - cf. Arb wt_b 'jump, sit')

Arabic: ǯls 'sit in Eastern fashion' Penrice

Geʕez (Ethiopian): galasa 'cover with leather (basket)', gǝlās 'saddle cover' LGz 192

Tigre: gälsa 'cover with hide', gǝlas 'cover, wrapper'

Tigrai (Tigriñña): gäläsä 'cover with hide', gǝlas 'saddle cover'

Amharic: gǝlas 'saddle cover'

Harari: gǝlas 'saddle cover'

Gurage: gǝlas 'saddle blanket'

Jibbali: ególs ' to nag, argue in court', gǝlsɛ́t 'sitting, session' JJ 75

Number: 3073

Proto-Semitic: *ḳmṭ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: bind, hold tightly; sit

Arabic: ḳmṭ 'lier avec la corde tous les quatre pieds à la fois; emmailotter un enfant au berceau; cohabiter avec une femme, etc.' BK 2 813

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḳammaṭa 'hold tightly, bind sheaves, bend', taḳammaṭa 'sit down, remain' LGz 433

Tigrai (Tigriñña): tä-ḳämmäṭä 'sit'

Amharic: tä-ḳämmäṭä 'sit'

Argobba: (tä)ḳämmäṭa 'sit'

Harari: aḳämäṭa 'rest on a base'

Number: 3074

Proto-Semitic: *gVbb- (>*gVbVl-)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: sit, prostrate oneself

Arabic: ǯbb 'se jeter la face contre terre, se prosterner en appuyant les mains contre la terre (en priant Dieu); tenir ses joues appuyées sur ses mains en restant debout' BK 1 251

Amharic: gʷǝbb alä 'sit down' LGur 256; (tä)gʷäbbälä 'sit down' ibid.

Harari: (tä)gēba 'sit down' ("reduced from (tä)gēbäla")

East Ethiopic: Zw (tä)gūbī 'sit down, ride'; Wol (tä)gōbälä, Sel tägōbälä 'sit, sit down'

Number: 3075

Proto-Semitic: *ṣVɣVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: be small

Akkadian: ṣe/aḫr- AHw, ṣiḫr- CAD 'small, young'

Eblaitic: sa-ḫu-ru 'small'

Ugaritic: ṣɣr

Phoenician: Pun ṣʕr DLU415 'small, trivial' HAL 1041

Hebrew: ṣʕw/yr

Judaic Aramaic: ṣʕr 'to think little of, insult'

Syrian Aramaic: ṣǝʕīr- 'despised, disgraceful', ṣǝʕar 'to be insulted'

Arabic: ṣaɣīr- 'small, insignificant, young'

Modern Arabic: Mec ṣaɣiyr

Epigraphic South Arabian: ṣɣr

Number: 3076

Proto-Semitic: *zVʕVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: be small

Canaanite: Amarna zirti Br 202

Hebrew: zāʕīr 'a little' < Aram? HAL 276

Aramaic: Pal zʕwr, z^eʕē(y)r 'small'

Biblical Aramaic: zǝʕēr 'small'

Syrian Aramaic: zǝʕōr-

Modern Aramaic: Urm zǝʕōr-

Arabic: zʕr 'to be sparse, scanty (hair, feathers)'

Number: 3077

Proto-Semitic: *ʔVnVš-

Meaning: be weak, sick, small

Akkadian: enēš- 'be weak'

Ugaritic: ʔnš 'languidecer, ponerse enfermo'

Hebrew: ʔnš (nif) 'be sickly, decrease'

Geʕez (Ethiopian): nǝʔus 'small'

Tigre: nǝʔuš 'small'

Tigrai (Tigriñña): nuʔus 'small'

Amharic: annäsä 'be small, little'

Argobba: hannäsa 'be small', mans, mass 'small'

Gafat: ǝnsä 'small'

Harari: anäsa 'be small'

Gurage: anäsä 'be small'

Soqotri: ʔénes 'ê. petit', ʔíns(y)e 'un peu, un petit nombre' LS 68

Number: 3078

Proto-Semitic: *ḳutr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: smoke, incense

Akkadian: kaṭār- 'fumigate, make an incense offering', ḳutr- 'smoke, fog', ḳutrēn-, ḳutrinn- 'incense, censer'

Eblaitic: /ḳuṭṭurū/

Ugaritic: ḳṭr 'humo'

Hebrew: ḳṭr (pi) 'make a sacrifice, go up in smoke', ḳǝṭōrät 'incense' (>Eg NK ḳdrt)

Judaic Aramaic: ḳiṭr- 'smoke, mist'

Mandaic Aramaic: guṭr- 'smoke', gṭr 'fumigate, cense'

Arabic: ḳṭr 'to smell, smoke', ḳuṭār-, ḳaṭūr- 'steam, smoke; incense'

Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab m-ḳṭr 'incense-altar' SD 109

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḳtr 'fumigate, give off an odor', ḳǝttār(e) 'incense, fumigation' LGz 452

Tigre: ḳǝtare 'fragrance, spice'

Amharic: ḳäṭṭärä 'burn incense in church', ḳättärä 'bathe in steam or in incense smoke'

Number: 3079

Proto-Semitic: *tan(a)n-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: smoke

Aramaic: Pal t^enan

Syrian Aramaic: tān-

Modern Aramaic: Urm tin-

Geʕez (Ethiopian): tann

Tigre: tänan

Amharic: tännänä 'evaporise'

Gafat: tännä

Gurage: Sod Cha tän

Number: 3080

Proto-Semitic: *ʕVmVd-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: lean against, support, stand

Akkadian: emēd- 'lean against, impose'

Hebrew: ʕmd 'stand in position, remain standing' HAL 840

Arabic: ʕmd 'to support; intend'

Number: 3081

Proto-Semitic: *ṣVwVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: stand (and carry?)

Arabic: (?) ṣyr II 'arrêter (p.ex., l'eau) dans son cours' BK 2 1390

Geʕez (Ethiopian): (?) ṣwr 'bear, carry, support (old parents), bear up' LGz 567

Tigre: ṣora 'carry, support'

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ṣorä 'carry'

Amharic: ṭorä 'carry, support'

Gurage: ṭorä 'carry, support'

Mehri: c̣ōr

Jibbali: c̣ōr (trans. eṣbér)

Harsusi: ṣōr

Soqotri: (?) ṣwr 'carry'

Number: 3082

Proto-Semitic: *kabkab-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: star

Akkadian: kakkab-

Ugaritic: kbkb

Phoenician: kbkb

Hebrew: kōkāb

Aramaic: Pal kwkb

Syrian Aramaic: kawkǝb-

Modern Aramaic: Urm kāwkǝb-

Mandaic Aramaic: kukb-

Arabic: kawkab-

Epigraphic South Arabian: kwkb

Geʕez (Ethiopian): kokäb

Tigre: kokäb

Tigrai (Tigriñña): k_ʷak_ob

Amharic: kokäb

Argobba: kokäb

Gafat: kokobä

Gurage: Sod kokäb, Cha k_ʷäk_ʷab

Mehri: kebkib

Jibbali: kǝbkēb

Harsusi: kebkīb

Soqotri: kibšib

Number: 3083

Proto-Semitic: *ṣ̂uḥay-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: sun

Hebrew: (?) ṣaḥ 'shimmering (hot air), gleaming, shiny', prob. <*ṣḥ

Arabic: ḍuḥā, ḍiḥḥ- 'sun'

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḍäḥay

Tigre: ṣäḥay

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ṣäḥay

Amharic: ṭay

Argobba: č̣ähed

Harari: (?) ṭūy<*ṣḥy? Cf. LHar157: for its Cush origin (Wol ṭolientā, Gofa tsolenča, Bad tsuolinti) see Cer 279

Number: 3084

Proto-Semitic: *ʔanta

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: thou

Akkadian: atta<*ʔanta

Ugaritic: ʔat, ʔattā

Phoenician: ʔt

Hebrew: ʔattā

Aramaic: Pal ʔat(t)

Biblical Aramaic: ʔantā

Syrian Aramaic: ʔa(n)t

Modern Aramaic: Urm ʔa(n)t

Mandaic Aramaic: anat

Arabic: ʔanta

Modern Arabic: Leb ʔint(ǝ), Mec ʔinta, Mlt int

Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab ʔt

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔanta

Tigre: ʔǝnta m., ʔǝnti f.

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ʔanta

Amharic: antä

Argobba: cf. ank, anku

Gafat: ant, antä

East Ethiopic: Wol atä

Number: 3085

Proto-Semitic: *ʔa(n)kV

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: thou

Tigrai (Tigriñña): cf. nǝssǝk_a

Argobba: ank, anku

Harari: ak_ā-

Gurage: Cha ak_ä-

Number: 3086

Proto-Semitic: *kVkk-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: tooth, thorn

Akkadian: kakk- 'weapon, tool, shaft, barb, thorn' CAD K 50

Syrian Aramaic: kakk- 'dens molaris' Br 326

Modern Aramaic: Urm kīk- 'tooth'

Number: 3087

Proto-Semitic: *t_Vny-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: two

Akkadian: šinā

Ugaritic: t_n

Phoenician: šnm

Hebrew: šǝnayim

Arabic: ʔit_nāni

Epigraphic South Arabian: t_ny

Mehri: t_ōni 'second', me-t_eny-ēt 'incisor tooth'

Jibbali: met_enút 'incisor tooth'

Harsusi: t_ēnye 'second', me-t_enē-t 'incisor tooth'

Soqotri: mitníoh 'tooth'

Number: 3088

Proto-Semitic: *t_iray/w-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: two

Aramaic: Pal tray(y)ⁱn, tryy

Biblical Aramaic: tǝrē(y)n

Syrian Aramaic: tǝrē(y)n-

Modern Aramaic: Urm tǝrī

Mandaic Aramaic: trin

Mehri: t_erōh

Jibbali: t_roh

Harsusi: t_erō

Soqotri: tiro

Number: 3089

Proto-Semitic: *kilʔ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: both

Akkadian: kilallū 'both'

Ugaritic: kla-t 'both'

Hebrew: kilʔ-ayim 'of two kinds'

Arabic: kilā 'both'

Epigraphic South Arabian: klʔy

Geʕez (Ethiopian): kǝlʔe 2

Tigre: kǝlʔot m., kǝlʔe f. 2

Tigrai (Tigriñña): kǝlǝttä, kǝltä 2, kalǝʔ 'another'

Amharic: hulät 2

Argobba: ket, häʔǝt 2

Gafat: ǝlǝttä 2

Harari: koʔot 2

East Ethiopic: Wol hoyt 2

Gurage: Cha k_ʷet 2

Soqotri: keʔala 'both'

Number: 3090

Proto-Semitic: *ḫVlVp-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: pass

Hebrew: ḥlp 'pass'

Arabic: ḫlf 'follow'

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḫālafa 'pass'

Tigre: ḥalfa

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ḥalläfä

Amharic: alläfä

Argobba: halläfa

Gafat: alläfä

Harari: ḥuluf bāya

East Ethiopic: Zw aläfä 'leave, go away, pass' LGur 39

Gurage: Sod alläfäm 'walk', etc.

Number: 3091

Proto-Semitic: *mVṭ_Vʔ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: reach

Akkadian: muṣṣû 'make reach'

Ugaritic: mẓʔ 'encontrar, topar(se) con' DLU 311

Hebrew: māṣā 'find'

Syrian Aramaic: mṣʔ be able, have the power, be allowed, find'

Mandaic Aramaic: mṭa 'arrive, reach'

Epigraphic South Arabian: mẓʔ 'go, proceed, march'

Geʕez (Ethiopian): mṣʔ 'come, happen to, occur' LGz 369-70

Tigre: mäṣʔa

Tigrai (Tigriñña): mäṣʔe

Amharic: mäṭṭa

East Ethiopic: Wol mäṭä

Gurage: Sod mäṭṭam