Afroasiatic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *c̣VlVl-

Meaning: bird of prey, hawk

Semitic: *ṣVlVl- 'kind of bird of prey'

Low East Cushitic: *č̣ulul- 'k. of bird of prey'

High East Cushitic: *č̣ulul- 'kite' (< Or ?) (?)

South Cushitic: *cilil- (<*c̣ilil-?) 'cry of the hawk'

Dahalo (Sanye): cílala 'hawk' (?)

Mogogodo (Yaaku): ṭil'álu 'kite, European black' (<*c̣ilal-?)

Number: 2519

Proto-Semitic: *ṣVl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: kind of bird of prey

Akkadian: ṣallalu 'a nocturnal bird' SB [CAD ṣ 73], [AHw. 1077]. Known from lexical lists (= Sum. NÁ.A MUS̆EN, Akk. iṣṣūr mūši 'a night-bird') and bird-omina of šummā ālu, identified with long-eared owl in [Salonen Vögel 168, 232, 262]. Both dictionaries derive it from the verb ṣalālu 'to sleep' (according to Salonen, '(während des Tages) schlafender Vogel') which might be rather a popular etymology in view of possible Sem. cognates quoted below. One has to admit, however, that Sum. NÁ.(A.)MUS̆EN (NÁ = eršu 'bed', nâlu 'to sleep') was known already in Presargonic.

Syrian Aramaic: ṣalṣūlā 'avis quae pisces venatur' [Brock. 631], [PS 3413].

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ṣilat (in ʕofa ṣilat) 'kite (bird)' [LGz. 556].

Amharic: č̣ululle 'kite, bird of prey' [K 2200], č̣ǝlat 'sparrow hawk' [ibid. 2201].

Harari: č̣ulullu 'kind of bird of prey' [LHar. 51], ṭilli 'hawk' [ibid. 153].

Gurage: Sod. Zwy. č̣ululle, Gog. č̣ulule, Msq. č̣ulǝlle 'kind of hawk' [LGur. 180].

Notes: Not very reliable since the Eth. forms are thought to be Cushitisms by Leslau whereas the Akk. term is probably a deverbal derivate.

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *č̣ulul-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'k. of bird of prey'

Oromo (Galla): č̣ulullee (=Amh č̣ilfiit) Gr 87

Proto-High East Cushitic: *č̣ulul- (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kite'

Sidamo: č̣ululle

Notes: Borrowed < Or č̣ulullee ?

Proto-South Cushitic: *cilil- (<*c̣ilil-?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cry of the hawk'

Iraqw (Mbulu): cilili

Dahalo: cilala

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hawk'

Mogogodo: ṭil'álu (<*c̣ilal-?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kite, European black'

Notes: Hei Ya 128

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