High East Cushitic etymology : List with all references

Proto-High East Cushitic: *ḳur(an-t)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'crow'

Darasa (Gedeo): ḳoraande

Hadiya (Gudella): ḳoraan-ta

Alaba: ḳura

Burji (Bambala, Dashe): ḳorʔ-an-čo

Kambatta: ḳoraan-da

Tembaro: ḳura

Notes: Sas Bur 127; Lamb Wol 436

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳʷar-

Meaning: crow (also 'partridge; crane'?)

Semitic: *ḳāriʔ- 'partridge' ~ *ḳāriy- 'kind of bird' ~ *ḳʷariy 'crane' ~ *ḳarr- 'chicken' ~ *ḳaḳayr-/*ḳʷVr- 'crow'

Berber: *-ḳrVw-t 'raven'

Low East Cushitic: *ḳur- 'crow' 1, 'kite' 2

High East Cushitic: *ḳur(an-t)- 'crow'

Omotic: *ḳur- 'crow'

Number: 2459

Proto-Semitic: *ḳāriʔ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'partridge' 1,'kind of bird' 2, 'crane' 3, 'chicken' 4, 'crow' 5, 'bee-eater' 6

Hebrew: ḳōrē(ʔ) 'partridge' [KB 1132], pB. [Ja. 1341]. In 1S 26.20 (yāṣā(ʔ) mäläk yiŝrāʔēl lǝbaḳḳēš ʔät-parʕōš ʔäḥād kaʔăšär yirdōp haḳḳōrē(ʔ) bähārīm 'ныне, да не падет кровь моя на землю вдали от лика Господнего; воистину, погнался царь Израиля за одной-единственной блохой, будто преследует он куро- патку в горах'), а также в сложном пассаже провербиального ха- рактера Jr 17.11 (ḳōrē(ʔ) dāgar wǝlō(ʔ) yālād // ʕōŝǟ ʕōšär wǝ- lō(ʔ) bǝmišpāṭ 'куропатка высиживает яйца, но не имеет потомства // [таков] накапливающий богатство без закона').

Judaic Aramaic: ḳōrēʔā 'partridge' [Ja. 1341] (also ḳōrā 'heron; young bird' [Ja. 1341], ḳwr 'a bird with a long beak' [Sok. 483]).

Arabic: ḳāriy-at-, ḳāriyy-at- 'sorte d'oiseau aux jambes courtes, au bec long et au plumage du dos vert, qui présage la pluie (aux Arabes)' [BK 2 731], [LA XV 180].

Amharic: ḳʷǝrǝyye (ḳuriyyä) 'migrating crane; large white crane with a long beak' [K 738].

Notes: Cf. a number of bird names based on the biconsonantal *ḳVr- throughout Semitic: - Arb. ḳarr- 'poulet' [BK 2 699], [LA V 84]; - Gez. ḳāḳer 'crow' [LGz. 439], Amh. ḳʷǝra (ḳura) 'crow, ra- ven' [K 718], Sel. ḳure, Wol. ḳuri, End. hēḳurä, Sod. ḳürä, Gog. Muh. Msq. kurä, Eža Cha. Gyt. End. kʷǝrä 'crow, *disobedient (?)' [LGur. 495]; - Tgr. ḳǝrḳǝr 'a bird, the so-called bee-eater' [LH 241], Tna. ḳärḳärrä 'passeraceo che ha l'istinto di guidare il cacciatore al luogo dove si trova il miele' [Bass. 292], Amh. ḳǝrḳǝrre 'a small bird about the size of the warda-dove which has chestnut plumage and a pointed beak and guides people to where wild beehives are' [K 725]. [KB 1132]: Hbr., Arb.

Proto-Berber: *-ḳrVw-t

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'raven'

Ayr: a-ɣrut

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ḳur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'crow' 1, 'kite' 2

Oromo (Galla): ḳurruu 1

Baiso: ḳura (unless <Amh)

Arbore: ḳore

Notes: Lamb Wol 436

Proto-Omotic: *ḳur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'crow'

Ometo: Gamu Zaysse ḳuro, Dače ḳoraa-še

Wolamo (Wolaitta): Wol ḳuuruwa

Bworo (Shinasha): aḳoḳora

Ari: ḳuraa-k

Notes: Lamb Wol 436

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