Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *čime

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 a k. of salmon 2 burbot

Russian meaning: 1 вид кеты 2 налим

Literary Manchu: čima, čime 1

Ulcha: čịmada 'name of a fish', (Sch.) čêmada 2

Oroch: čume 1

Udighe: cuma 'тихоокеанский лосось' (Корм. 312)

Comments: ТМС 2, 414. Neg. čē̂ŋan, Oroch čīŋen 'burbot' perhaps reflect a contamination with *siaŋa-n 'burbot' (v. sub *si̯āŋa).

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *č`imV

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: a k. of fish

Russian meaning: вид рыбы

Mongolian: *čima

Tungus-Manchu: *čime

Comments: A Mong.-Tung. isogloss, and borrowing in Mong. < TM is not excluded (although the meanings differ); in Turkic cf. perhaps Chuv. śomga 'rainbow trout'.

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *čima

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: a small carp

Russian meaning: маленький карп (рыба чам)

Written Mongolian: čima (L 184)

Khalkha: čam

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *č`VHmV

Meaning: a k. of fish

Borean: Borean

Altaic: *č`imV

Kartvelian: *čxam-

References: Suggested by V. Glumov.

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *čxam-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: рыба

English meaning: fish

Georgian: čxama (E.-Imer.)

Georgian meaning (Rus.): маленькая рыба

Georgian meaning (Engl.): small fish

Megrel: čxom-

Laz: čxom-

Notes and references: EWK 439-440.

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : fish

Eurasiatic : *č`VHmV

Afroasiatic : *ĉ̣amb- ?

Amerind (misc.) : *čuma 'fish' (R 269)

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ĉ̣amb-

Meaning: lizard, frog

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ṣ̂abb- 'kind of lizard'

Berber: *ẓVbb- 'k. of small insect living in water' (?)

Western Chadic: *ĉ̣umb- 'frog'

South Cushitic: *ĉambVʕ- 'frog'

Omotic: *ṭibb- 'k. of small insect living in water' (?)

Notes: Semantically too diverse. Cf. DiakStMil 20.

Semitic etymology :

Number: 169

Proto-Semitic: *ṣ̂abb-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: kind of lizard

Hebrew: ṣāb 'thorn-tailed lizard' [KB 994], pB. 'a species of lizard' [Ja. 1257]. Only in the dietary prohibition of Lv. 11.29.

Judaic Aramaic: ṣabbā, ṣābā 'a species of lizard' [Ja. 1257]. Since ṣ- is irregular, a Hebraism is not unlikely.

Syrian Aramaic: ʕabbā 'garum, lacerta caudiverbera' [Brock. 503], [PS 2763].

Arabic: ḍabb- 'lézard, part. lézard d'Afrique (qui certains peuplades mangent)', ḍabb-at- 'lézard femelle', ḍabīb-at- 'lézard d'Afrique' [BK 2 3], [LA I 538].

Mehri: ẑǝbbīt '(female) monitor lizard' [JM 472].

Jibbali: ẑ_ɔb (pl. z_̂ēt) id. [JJ 322].

Harsusi: ẑebbēt id. [JH 151].

Notes: [KB 994]: Hbr., Arm., Arb.; [Brock. 503]: Syr., Arb.

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *ẓVbb-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'k. of small insect living in water'

Ayr: ta-ẓǝbbe

Tawllemmet: ta-ẓǝbbe

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *ĉ̣umb-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'frog'

Hausa: c̣ùmbē

South Cushitic etymology :

Proto-South Cushitic: *ĉambVʕ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'frog'

Alagwa (Wasi): ĉembeʕu

Burunge (Mbulungi): ĉambeʕu

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *ṭibb-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'k. of worm living in water'

Kafa (Kaficho): ṭibbō Cer Kf 509

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