Afroasiatic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *k(ʷ)a/il(-m)-

Meaning: biting insect

Semitic: *kʷal-m-at- 'parasite, vermin; louse'

Berber: *kalk-at 'be lousy'

Western Chadic: *galgalm- ~ *gVml- 'wasp' (?)

Saho-Afar: *kilim- 'tick'

Low East Cushitic: *kilm- 'tick'

Notes: Cf. *ḳaml- 'louse, flea'.

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Proto-Semitic: *kʷal-m-at-

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Meaning: 'parasite, vermin; louse'

Akkadian: kulīlu 'dragonfly' (CAD k 503), kalmatu 'parasite, louse (on animals, plants and human beings)' OAkk. on [CAD k 86], [AHw. 426]. In Old Akkadian as a proper name only. The oldest attestations may be found in the OA and OB letters CCT 2 30:29 and TCL 17 2:21 (both describe grain which is kalmatam lapit/laptat 'affected by k.'). References from Mari are collected and analysed in [Lion-Michel 720-2], for the OA references v. Michel 1998 328. Se- veral varieties of k. are found in lexical lists

Aramaic: klmh 'parasite, louse' [HJ 513]. Supposed to be attes- ted in KAI 222 A 31 (cf. above) where kl mh (usually understood as 'everything that') is thought to represent klmh (v. espe- cially [Tawil 60-2]). This approach is rejected in [Fitzmyer 88-9] ("but that is not to be accepted") without sufficient ar- gumentation. Sam. klmym 'gnat' [Tal 391]

Judaic Aramaic: kalmā, kalmǝtā 'vermin' [Ja. 645], [Levy WT I 367], [Levy WTM II 341], klmh 'vermin' [Sok. 261]

Geʕez (Ethiopian): kʷǝlkʷǝl(t) 'kind of black ant' (LGz 283)

Proto-Berber: *kalk-at

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Meaning: 'be lousy'

Ayr: kălkăt 'ê. pouilleux'

Tawllemmet: kălkăt 'ê. pouilleux'

Proto-WChadic: *galgalm- ~ *gVml-

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Meaning: 'wasp'

Bolewa: galgálma

Tangale: komle [JgT]

Notes: voicing in a cluster in Bolewa, met. in Tangale,cp. also Dera kúrmé-t k of flying ant [NmK]

Proto-Saho-Afar: *kilim-

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Meaning: 'tick'

Saho: kilim

Afar (Danakil): kilim

Notes: Assimilation of vowels

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *kilm-

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Meaning: 'tick'

Somali: šilin, pl. šilm-o

Oromo (Galla): šilm-a, šilm-ii

Boni: šilm-i

Rendille: čilim

Notes: Sas Bur 173

Proto-High East Cushitic: *kilm-

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Meaning: 'tick'

Burji (Bambala, Dashe): šílm-aa

Notes: Sas Bur 173; unless < Or

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