Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 2700

Proto-Semitic: *ḥʷay-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'rain (n.)' 1, 'water' 2

Arabic: ḥayy-an 1

Amharic: wǝha 2

Argobba: ähʷa 2

Gurage: End ǝhä (LGur 36: <Cush)

Number: 2701

Proto-Semitic: *dalaḳ/g- ~ *dVḳal-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: marten; wild cat, lynx

Arabic: dalaḳ- 'fouine' [BK 1 725]

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔǝllǝdku 'wild cat' LGz 18 ("would the initial ʔǝl- be the Arabic article?")

Tigre: dǝḳala (also dogala, däḳala ?) hǝmum 'hunting leopard ' LT 524-5; dǝḳala ḥayät, pl. dǝḳalatat ḥayät 'lynx' LT 525

Tigrai (Tigriñña): dalga ʔanbäsa 'caracal (a kind of lynx, Linx caracal)'

Amharic: dalga anbäsa 'caracal (a kind of lynx, Linx caracal)' K 1716

Number: 2702

Proto-Semitic: *kʷars/z(-ap/b)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'k. of insect, locust, ant'

Hebrew: PB karsäpät 'a species of locusts ' [Ja 672]

Judaic Aramaic: kǝrāzā 'name of two species of winged locusts ' [Ja 665]; karzǝbā, karzubbā a species of locusts [Ja 665]; krzb 'a type of grasshopper' [Sok 269]

Geʕez (Ethiopian): kʷarāzi 'ant ' LGZ 295; makraz =amh. šǝgr 'millipede' (from ši-ǝgǝr 'thousand feet) LGZ 341

Tigre: karse 'insecte a six pattes qui pique et fait enfler les chameaux ' LT 399

Number: 2703

Proto-Semitic: *kʷahil- 1 ~ *ta-kʷVl- 2, 3 (<Cush?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fox-like animal' 1, 'wolf' 2, 'jackal' 3

Geʕez (Ethiopian): kʷähila 1, takʷlā 2 LGz 573

Tigre: tǝkla 3

Tigrai (Tigriñña): täkʷla 3

Amharic: täkʷla 3

Notes: Likely related to Sem. *kalb-

Number: 2704

Proto-Semitic: *sib- 3, 4 ~ *sibir- 1, 2 ~ (?) *sVbVr (or <*swr) 5

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fortification' 3, 'outskirts of a city' 4, 'to fence off' 5

Modern Arabic: Oman sība 3

Geʕez (Ethiopian): sibā 4 LGz 482

Jibbali: esber 5 JJ 232 *swr

Number: 2705

Proto-Semitic: *ŝabŝab-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'small room near the main house' 1, 'roofed anteroom' 2, 'extention of roof' 3, (?) 'shieling, temporary hut' 4

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ŝabŝaba 1 LGz 526

Tigrai (Tigriñña): säbsab 2

Amharic: sǝbsab 2

Gurage: sǝbsab 3

Jibbali: mi-s̃é/ɔ́b *s̃bb 3 JJ 266 (unless <*-*kVb-)

Number: 2706

Proto-Semitic: *ḥaww- ~ *nḥw/y

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fire' 1, 'to burn' 2

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḥaw (haw)

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ḥawwi

Mehri: hǝ-nḥū 2

Jibbali: e-nḥé 2

Soqotri: ǝ-nḥi 2

Number: 2707

Proto-Semitic: *nawr- ~ *narw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'stone monument' 1, 'boundary stone' 2, 'chalk' 3

Akkadian: narû 1, 2 OA, OB CAD n 364 Sum lw

Geʕez (Ethiopian): norā 3 LGz 401 (<Arb nūra ???)

Tigre: norät 3

Tigrai (Tigriñña): nora 3

Amharic: nora 3

Gurage: nora 3

Number: 2708

Proto-Semitic: *mays-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'mead, drink made from fermented honey'

Geʕez (Ethiopian): mes, pl. ʔamyas LGz 377

Tigre: mes

Tigrai (Tigriñña): mes

Notes: Comp. by Lesl to Arb mwt 'mix'

Number: 2709

Proto-Semitic: *kukk-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'darkness'

Akkadian: kukkû CAD:498 < Sum

Number: 2710

Proto-Semitic: *ʔVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: time

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔǝr LGz 36: perhaps = ʔǝr 'sun, day' > 'time'

Number: 2711

Proto-Semitic: *ḫār-

Meaning: 'take, pick up'

Akkadian: ḫâruḫâru (ḫiāru) OB CAD 119 'to pick and take as mate'

Number: 2712

Proto-Semitic: *ŝayʔ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'thing' 1, 'what?' 2

Arabic: šayʔ- 1, 2

Mehri: ŝī 'thing, anything, something', obl. ŝīǝn, -ŝǝn, hɛ̄ŝǝn 2

Jibbali: ŝé 1

Harsusi: ŝī, ŝǝy

Soqotri: ŝī, ŝiʔ 1

Number: 2713

Proto-Semitic: *ʕVt-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: time; night

Hebrew: ʕēt 'point in time, occasion, time' HAL 899

Argobba: Cf. etta, yet 'night' (no rel. etym. in LArg)

Soqotri: ḥte 'night' <*ʕVt-?

Notes: Cf. Hbr ʕattā 'now' HAL 901, Ugr ʕnt 'ahora', Aram ʕnt. No Arb ʕ/ɣ/ḥ/ḫ-t/t_ for an alternative Soq etymology!

Number: 2714

Proto-Semitic: *mrḥ/ḫ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'spread on oinment'

Akkadian: marāḫu ?

Hebrew: mrḥ HAL 634

Arabic: mrḥ BK 2 1087, mrḫ ibid. 1088

Number: 2715

Proto-Semitic: *bary-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'demon; deviner'

Akkadian: barīrī-tu (a female demon) [CAD:111], bārī-tu 'female diviner' ibid. 112, baru-tu 'act of divination' ibid. 131

Number: 2716

Proto-Semitic: *ḫVrVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to dig with a hoe'

Akkadian: ḫarāru 'to dig with a hoe' OB on (CAD ḫ 91), ḫirru 'furrow' (ibid. 199) (otherwise related to ḫerû 'to dig', ḫurru 'hole' < Sem. *ḫurr- 'hole', *ḫrw 'to dig up', cf. LGz. 265)

Eblaitic: dig with a hoe

Number: 2717

Proto-Semitic: *gVdVl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: foot

Mehri: gēdel

Number: 2718

Proto-Semitic: *pVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: pestilence, plague, blood

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ferä (Lsl:165)

Number: 2719

Proto-Semitic: *ɣayč(-an)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'smoke' 1, 'rainy cloud' 2

Hebrew: ʕāšān 1

Arabic: ɣayt_- 2

Soqotri: ʕeto 1