Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 1420

Proto-Semitic: *ʔam-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'maid, girl'

Akkadian: amtu

Ugaritic: ʔamt

Phoenician: Phn ʔmt, Pun ʔmt

Hebrew: ʔamā

Aramaic: (Emp) ʔmh

Syrian Aramaic: ʔamt-

Mandaic Aramaic: amta, amuta

Arabic: ʔam-at-

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔamat

Tigre: ʔamät

Number: 1421

Proto-Semitic: *ʔamūm-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kind of spice'

Akkadian: amūmu

Notes: Secondary *-ū- influenced by surrounding labials

Number: 1422

Proto-Semitic: *(ʔa-)mVš-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'night' 1, 'last night' 2, 'yesterday' 3, 'evening' 4, 'twilight' 5

Akkadian: mūšu 1, amšali 3

Hebrew: ʔämäš 2, 3

Arabic: ʔamsi, musy- 3, masāʔ- 4

Geʕez (Ethiopian): mǝset 4, 5

Tigre: mǝset 4

Tigrai (Tigriñña): mǝsät 4

Amharic: mǝset 4

Gafat: mǝsätä 4

Harari: mǝset 4

Gurage: mǝsät 4

Notes: Hss yemši id., Mhr yemši 'yesterday may be Arabisms.

Number: 1423

Proto-Semitic: *ʔanbab-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fruit, flower, shoot'

Hebrew: *ʔēb 'shoot; plants which are still growing in the ground'HAL 2

Biblical Aramaic: *ʔănēb or *ʔeb 'fruit' ("<Akk i/enbu 'fruit' <*ʕinb- 'grape' Hbr, Arb.)

Judaic Aramaic: ʔabbēb 'make ripen', ʔibbā, ʔībā 'growth, fruit', ʔinǝbbā 'fruit, produce'

Syrian Aramaic: ʔebbāʔ- 'fruits'

Mandaic Aramaic: (?) ʕbabia, ʕbibia 'fruits' DM 340

Arabic: ʔabb- 'pré, prairie' BK 1 2

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔababā 'perfume, sweet odor'

Tigre: (?) ʕǝmboba 'flower'

Tigrai (Tigriñña): (?) ʕǝmbaba 'flower' (n.), ḥanbäbä 'flower' (v.)

Amharic: abäba 'flower'

Argobba: abäba 'flower'

Gafat: abäba 'flower'

East Ethiopic: Zw ambäba 'flower'

Gurage: Ms Gog abäba, So abäbo 'flower'

Number: 1424

Proto-Semitic: *ʔaḫ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'meadow'

Ugaritic: ʔaḫ

Number: 1425

Proto-Semitic: *ʔary-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'family member, relative'

Akkadian: āru 'young man' OAkk

Ugaritic: ʔary

Arabic: ʔarā-

Number: 1426

Proto-Semitic: *ɣar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'leaf'

Akkadian: ar-t- 'foliage' NB, SB, ar- (eru, ḫaru) 'frond, leaf of the date palm' OB on CAD a2 311

Arabic: ɣār- 'feuilles de la vigne'; espèce d'arbre qui produit une résine' BK 2 516

Number: 1427

Proto-Semitic: *w/ʔVrVw/y-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'copper'

Akkadian: erû, werû OB on CAD e 321

Number: 1428

Proto-Semitic: *ʔVšVš-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'grasp'

Akkadian: ašašu

Number: 1429

Proto-Semitic: *ʔšw/y-

Meaning: 'send'

Epigraphic South Arabian: ʔšy

Number: 1430

Proto-Semitic: *ʔVyVʔ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'go and stay'

Arabic: ʔyʔ

Notes: Based on *ʔVy-

Number: 1431

Proto-Semitic: *ʔil-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'leather sack'

Akkadian: īlu OAkk (AHw 374)

Arabic: Cf. ʔalāʔ- 'espèce d'arbre employé dans le tannage des cuirs' BK 1 45

Number: 1432

Proto-Semitic: *ʔ/ḫVrVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'tremble'

Akkadian: arāru, ḫarāru

Number: 1433

Proto-Semitic: *ʔVrib-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'tie (a knot)'

Arabic: ʔrb [-i-]

Number: 1434

Proto-Semitic: *ʔibḫ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kind of bug'

Akkadian: ibḫu

Number: 1435

Proto-Semitic: *ʔigān-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cup, bowl'

Akkadian: agannu

Hebrew: ʔaggān

Arabic: ʔiggān-at-

Number: 1436

Proto-Semitic: *ʔikīŝ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'family member'

Akkadian: ikīŝu

Number: 1437

Proto-Semitic: *ʔVl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'swear'

Hebrew: ʔly

Arabic: ʔly [-i-]

Epigraphic South Arabian: ʔlh

Number: 1438

Proto-Semitic: *ʔašiʔ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: a precious metal

Akkadian: ašiʔu OA, CAD a2 441; ašītu a metal part of decoration of a door MB

Number: 1439

Proto-Semitic: *ʔVt-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'come' 1, 'pass' 2, 'come back' 3

Ugaritic: ʔatw 1

Hebrew: ʔty 1

Aramaic: (Emp) ʔty 1, (Nab) yʔtʔ 1, (Palm) ʔtʔ 1, (Palest) ʔ.tā 1

Syrian Aramaic: ʔeta 1

Mandaic Aramaic: ata 1

Arabic: ʔty 1

Epigraphic South Arabian: ʔtw, ʔty 1

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔatawa 3

Tigre: ʔata 3

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ʔatawa 3

Soqotri: ʔete 2

Notes: Various derivations of the original *ʔVt- using w, y and ʔ as C3