Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 844

Proto-Semitic: *sVbVʔ-/*sVʔab-

Meaning: 'draw water' 1, 'drink' 2, 'be satisfied with drinking' 3, 'buy wine in order to drink it' 4

Akkadian: sāb- 1

Ugaritic: š̃b 1

Hebrew: sbʔ 2

Judaic Aramaic: sbʔ 2

Arabic: sʔb [-a-] 3, sbʔ [-a-] 4

Notes: Metathesis of *-ʔ- within Sem.

Number: 845

Proto-Semitic: *ṣVday-

Meaning: 'be thirsty, craving'

Arabic: ṣdy [-a-]

Notes: Based on biliteral *ṣVd-

Number: 846

Proto-Semitic: *ṣVmVʔ-

Meaning: 'be thirsty'

Hebrew: ṣmʔ

Number: 847

Proto-Semitic: *ʕVb-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'gulp, swallow in one draught'

Arabic: ʕbb [-u-]

Number: 848

Proto-Semitic: *hu/iy[a]m-

Meaning: 'be thirsty'

Arabic: hym i,9,10

Number: 849

Proto-Semitic: *ynḳ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to suck

Akkadian: enēḳu (i/i) OB on [CAD e 165], [AHw 217]

Ugaritic: ynḳ [Aist 131]

Hebrew: yānaḳ (a) [KB 416]

Aramaic: OLD OFF ynḳ, caus. 'to suckle' [HJ 461]

Judaic Aramaic: yǝnaḳ [Ja 581], [Sok 242]

Syrian Aramaic: ʔīnēḳ [Brock 304]

Mandaic Aramaic: YNḲ 'to suckle' [DM 192]

Arabic: nḳw/y 'tirer la moelle d'un os' [BK 2 1335].

With an apparent meaning shift. As for a wide-spread etymology (see, for example, [Petraček]), by which nāḳat- 'chamelle' [BK 2 1370] is deduced from *yanāḳat- with the assumed meaning 'the suckling one' and ya- mistaken for a vocative, it is not convincing in view of HBR PB nǝʔāḳā, nāḳā, ʔănāḳā, ARM nāḳǝtā 'she-camel' [Ja 867], with no yā-

Notes: Cf. MSA with metathesis: MHR ḳǝnū [JM 233], JIB ḳéní 'to suckle' [JJ 147] (both also 'to rear', to which see SOQ ḳéne 'soigner, nourrir' [LS 377]). Note also MHR ḥǝnūḳ 'to give a small child drink from a lipped jug' [JM 183], JIB ḥónúḳ 'to feed a baby from a feeding-jug' [JJ 113], where ḥ- may be explained by contamination with ḥnk 'to suck the teat' [ibid.], a denominative from ḥǝnnūk 'gum and palate'.

[KB 416]: HBR, ARM, AKK, UGR; [Brock 304]: SYR, HBR, AKK, ARB (nāḳ-at-)

Number: 850

Proto-Semitic: *lVṭVʕ-

Meaning: 'lick'

Arabic: lṭʕ

Number: 851

Proto-Semitic: *lVḥVš-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'lick'

Akkadian: lâš- 'taste, lick' (otherwise <*lhš, cf. Arab lhs)

Arabic: lḥs [-a-]

Geʕez (Ethiopian): laḥasa

Tigre: läḥasa

Tigrai (Tigriñña): läḥasä, mälḥäs 'tongue'

Amharic: lasä, mǝlas 'tongue'

Argobba: lähasa, mälas 'tongue'

Gafat: mǝlasä 'tongue'

Gurage: lasä,

Mehri: laḥās

Notes: Cf. also lhs id. [-a-].

Number: 852

Proto-Semitic: *muk-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'suck'

Arabic: mkk [-u-]

Number: 853

Proto-Semitic: *zVḳVm-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'swallow'

Arabic: zḳm u

Number: 854

Proto-Semitic: *ḥVšVw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'drink'

Arabic: ḥsw [-u-]

Number: 855

Proto-Semitic: *ʕVṣ̂-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bite'

Arabic: ʕḍḍ [-a-]

Number: 856

Proto-Semitic: *mVṣ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'suck'

Arabic: mṣṣ a/u,1

Number: 857

Proto-Semitic: *pVwVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'boil'

Arabic: fwr [-u-]

Number: 858

Proto-Semitic: *ṣVwad/*ṣVyad-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hunt (v.), take, catch' 1, 'fish' 2

Akkadian: ṣâdu

Ugaritic: ṣd

Hebrew: ṣwd

Arabic: ṣyd [-i-, -a-]

Mehri: c̣ayd 2

Jibbali: c̣od 2

Harsusi: ṣayd 2

Soqotri: ṣode 2

Number: 859

Proto-Semitic: *ʕVpVw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'give'

Arabic: ʕfw

Notes: Based on *ʕVp-

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