Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 2680

Proto-Semitic: *ḥVlVg-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'card cotton'

Arabic: ḥlǯ 'carder, monder le coton'

Number: 2681

Proto-Semitic: *buk-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'scab, wound'

Geʕez (Ethiopian): bak, bok 'scab, wound' [LGz 93]

Number: 2682

Proto-Semitic: *hab(b)ūr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'spider' 1, 'ant' 2

Arabic: habūr- 'araignée', habbūr- 'petite fourmi' (BK 2 1380, Fr. IV 362, LA V 249)

Number: 2683

Proto-Semitic: *pa/itn-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'asp, adder'

Hebrew: pätän 'horned viper' (KB 990), pB. 'asp, adder' (Ja. 1255)

Judaic Aramaic: pitnā 'asp, adder' (Ja. 1255), ptn 'snake' (Sok. 456), Sam. ptn 'snake' (Tal 718)

Syrian Aramaic: patnā 'vipera, aspis' (Brock. 618), pattānā (PS 3345), N.-Syr. patnâ 'an asp, an adder' (M 261)

Number: 2684

Proto-Semitic: *buttVyam-at-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'viper'

Akkadian: cf. mubattiru SB 'ein Wurm?'

Gurage: Muh. buttǝyamat, Eža Cha. butyamat, Enm. butǝyämata, Gyt. butyämata 'viper' (LGur. 164)

Number: 2685

Proto-Semitic: *girr- ~ *gargVr- (~ ǯarwal- 'serwal, lynx' ?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'lion, leopard'

Akkadian: girru 'lion' SB (CAD G 94); gerru 'Raubtierjunges' (AHw. 285) which is hardly justified (for a detailed discussion see Landsberger 1934 77: "Nichts spricht allerdings dafür, dass girru das Löwenjunge bezeichnete"; cf. also Salonen 1976 200)

Arabic: Cf. ǯarwal- 'serwal, lynx (?) DRS 184 (without reference)

Harari: gärgōra (also gängōra) 'leopard' (LH 75, with a refe- rence to Cerulli who considered this term to be a Cushitism)

Number: 2686

Proto-Semitic: *taman-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'snake, dragon'

Geʕez (Ethiopian): taman

Tigre: tämän

Amharic: tämän

Number: 2687

Proto-Semitic: *gʷagʷ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'owl, raven, hawk'

Geʕez (Ethiopian): gugā, gʷǝgā 'owl, nighthawk, raven'

Tigre: gʷǝggʷa 'owl'

Amharic: gʷägga, gʷǝgʷǝt

Gurage: gʷwängʷä

Notes: LGz 184

Number: 2688

Proto-Semitic: *gʷagʷ-an-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'swan, ibis'

Geʕez (Ethiopian): gʷāgʷā

Amharic: gagano

Notes: LGz 184

Number: 2689

Proto-Semitic: *kaykay-t- ~ *kVtkVt-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hen, chick'

Syrian Aramaic: kākāyǝtā (corr. kokantō) vulg. 'gallina' Brock. 326a

Tigre: kǝtkǝttay 'young bird, chick' <*kVtkVt- <*kV-t-?

Number: 2690

Proto-Semitic: *ʔakʷ- ~ *kʷa(kʷ)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'owl; raven'

Akkadian: akkû `Eule' (owl) SB; LL; AHw., p.29

Judaic Aramaic: kawtā 'owl' [Ja 627]

Geʕez (Ethiopian): kʷākʷā 'raven' LGZ 280

Tigre: kuwa 'corbeau' LT 419

Tigrai (Tigriñña): kʷakʷǝ 'crow, raven' TA 618, kʷak, pl. kʷakʷat corvo, cornacchia Bass. 630

Number: 2691

Proto-Semitic: *ḳawḳay-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'partridge'

Hebrew: ḳūḳiyyā 'partridge'

Judaic Aramaic: ḳā(ʔ)ḳā(ʔ) 'goose' [Ja. 1306], [Levy WT II 381], [Levy WTM IV 366]

Syrian Aramaic: ḳūḳānā 'partridge'

Modern Aramaic: Telk ḳaḳwāna Ass ḳaḳwāa Tur ḳaḳwonīǖo 'partridge' [Kuip. 182]

Amharic: ḳoḳ 'partridge' [K 761]

Notes: Cf. Gz ḳoḳāḥ/h, Tna Tgr ḳoḳaḥ 'francolin' LGz 438

Number: 2692

Proto-Semitic: *gurVz-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'k. of monkey'

Amharic: gureza

Gurage: Sod gureza

Notes: LGur 297: <Or?

Number: 2693

Proto-Semitic: *ḳarmūṭ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'sheat-fish' (source?)

Arabic: ḳarmūṭ-

Number: 2694

Proto-Semitic: *ḥallūf-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hog, pig'

Arabic: Eg., Maghr. dial. ḥallūf- Wehr 183 (<Berb.?)

Number: 2695

Proto-Semitic: *ʕalūḳ- ~ *ʕalig-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'female camel; camel-calf'

Arabic: ʕalūḳ- 'chamelle qui a de la tendresse pour un petit qui n'est pas à elle, et qui cesse de donner du lait, dès qu'elle a senti, par l'odorat, la présence de ce petit; chamelle qui ne peut pas s'habituer à un mâle ni à un petit' [BK 2 346]; ʕalīḳ-at- 'chamelle menée en laisse, et qui, au retour, doit être chargée de vivres' [BK 2 346-7]; ʕalāḳ-at- 'chamelle que l'on conduit en laisse pour la charger de vivres, à son retour' [BK 2 346]

Mehri: ʔēlīg 'camel-calf about two years old' [JM 21]

Jibbali: ʕiźɔ́g, dim. ʕálgɛn '2-4 year old camel' [JJ 12]

Number: 2696

Proto-Semitic: *barbār-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'lion'

Arabic: ʔal-barbār- 'lion' (unless < brbr 'faire du bruit, du tapage; crier' BK 1 105); cf. hbr 'gepard'

Number: 2697

Proto-Semitic: *mawl- ~ *mVly-at-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'herd, rich in cattle; booty; bride-prize'

Arabic: mwl 'ê. riche, surtout en troupeax', māl- 'troupeau de chameaux; riche (homme)' BK 2 1168

Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab mly 'get, win, obtain as booty', mlt 'loot, booty, prize of war' SD 86

Gurage: (?) Muh muli (Cha Eža End Gye muri) 'boy to whom a girl is given by her parents without being asked for by his parents' LGur 401

Mehri: mōl 'livestock, capital' JMhr 275 (<Arb.?); mǝlēt 'she-camel' ibid. 266

Jibbali: mol 'livestock, capital' JJ 176 (<Arb.?)

Harsusi: melēt 'bride-price' JHrs 88

Soqotri: māl 'richesse' LS 239 (<Arb.?)

Number: 2698

Proto-Semitic: *waṭb-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'goatskin'

Arabic: waṭb- 'outre' BK 2 1561

Notes: Cf. Amh,Gur ṭaba LGur 608 (<Cush?)

Number: 2699

Proto-Semitic: *bi/urt-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'metal artifact'

Akkadian: bi/ertu 'Band, Fessel' a/j B, m/n A AHw 129; 'clasp, fetter' (bronze, iron) CAD b1 254-5 (as part of birītu 'in-between terrain'). Cf. annaku abāru 'lead, plumbum, pewter' (<Sum apar) Lieberman.

Arabic: burt- 'hache; flèche' BK 1 105, burat- 'anneau en fer qu'on passe dans la narine du chameau, et qui tient lieu du frein' ibid. 119

Geʕez (Ethiopian): bǝrt 'copper, brass'; bǝrat 'iron' (<Amh) LGz 108

Tigrai (Tigriñña): bǝrti '?', brät 'iron'

Amharic: bǝrt 'metal basin', brät 'iron'

Argobba: bräd 'iron'

Harari: brät 'iron'

Gurage: brät, bräd 'iron'