Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *karS(-Vb/p)-

Meaning: k. of insect

Semitic: *kʷars/z(-ap/b)- 'k. of insect, locust, ant'

Berber: *tV-bVrZVk 'ant'

Low East Cushitic: *kasaray-ta 'big tick'

High East Cushitic: *kančafar- 'locust'

Mogogodo (Yaaku): kɔrɔǯei 'maggot' (<*kVrVʒ-)

Omotic: *kastVl- 'flea'

Semitic etymology :

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

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *tV-bVrZVk (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'ant'

Tawllemmet: i-n-tǝbǝršǝk 'esp. de fourmi' Pras h 35 ("celui de la tebǝrhǝk" = vieil éhakit usé)

Taneslemt: i-n-tǝbǝršǝk 'esp. de fourmi' Pras h 35 ("celui de la tebǝrhǝk" = vieil éhakit usé)

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *kasaray-ta

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'big tick'

Konso: kasarayta Lamb Wol 418

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *kančafar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'locust'

Sidamo: kančafare

Notes: HEC 93

Mogogodo etymology :

Mogogodo: kɔrɔǯei

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'maggot'

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *kastVl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'flea'

Wolamo (Wolaitta): kastoolliya

Gamo (Gemu): kastoolle

Dawro (Kullo): kastollia

Zaysse: kastello

Notes: Lamb Wol 418

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