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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *kʷir-
Meaning: knife, sickle
Egyptian: krkr 'knife' (gr)
Western Chadic: *kwari-
East Chadic: *kur- 'knife'
South Cushitic: *kirar- 'axe'
afaset-meaning,afaset-egy,afaset-wch,afaset-ech,afaset-scu,

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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: krkr
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'knife' (gr)
Notes: Reduplication
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,egyet-notes,

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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *kwari-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'sickle'
Tangale: kwiri
Mburku: kòr
Geji: kwǝl-tin
Notes: Dubious. Tangale is not attested in [JgT], on the contrari Pero is gúurù. Cosper has only Mangas kor. Semantically also dubious.
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-tng,wchet-mbu,wchet-gej,wchet-notes,

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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *kur-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'knife'
Somrai: kúrá [??]
Notes: Cf. Dangla kãrrá 'special iron (for spears)' [Fd]
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-smr,echet-notes,

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South Cushitic etymology :

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Proto-South Cushitic: *kirar-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'axe'
scuet-prnum,scuet-meaning,

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