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Bedauye (Beja) etymology :
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Bedauye: ešerri
Meaning: 'Mais' (Reinisch 1895, 33; cf. also ašratta 'eine lange Grasart' Ibid.)
Notes: cf. Beja serā́m 'Weizen' (Reinisch 1895, 205); šinrā́y 'Weizen' (Reinisch 1895, 217) probably borrowed from or to Eth.
bedet-prnum,bedet-meaning,bedet-notes,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ĉarVy-
Meaning: barley
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-egy,afaset-wch,afaset-cch,afaset-bed,afaset-agw,afaset-sho,afaset-lec,afaset-hec,afaset-wrz,afaset-omo,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2564
Proto-Semitic: *ŝaʕVr- 1; Eth. *ŝǝr(-n)ay- 2
Meaning: barley; grass, straw 1; wheat 2
Hebrew: ŝǝʕōrā 'the hairy, grainy kernel-fruit, barley' (HAL 1346)
Judaic Aramaic: sǝʕartā 'barley' (Ja. 1010)
Syrian Aramaic: sǝʕārǝtā 'hordeum' (Brock. 489)
Mandaic Aramaic: sara 'barley' (DM 315)
Arabic: cf. šuʕr- coll. 'plantes, arbres (tout ce qui constitue, pour ainsi dire, le poile du sol); safran', šaʕār- 'arbres touffus et entrelacés qui servent d'ombrage l'été et d'abri l'hiver; végétatoin' (BK I 1238)
Geʕez (Ethiopian): śāʕr 'herb, herbage, grass, vegetation, straw, meadow, grassland, pasture' (LGz. 525).
Tigre: saʕarsaʕaro 'green' (LH 194), säʕar 'grass, hay' (LH 194; šǝʕir 'barley' Ibid. 226 is likely an Arabism); šǝrnay, šǝnray 'wheat' (LGz., 534)
Amharic: sar 'grass (either green or dried)' (Kane 1990, 482) , sororro 'white ṭef' (Ibid. 486); sǝnde 'wheat' (LGz., 534)
Argobba: sǝrray 'wheat' (LGz., 534)
Gafat: sǝndä 'wheat' (LGz., 534)
Gurage: *saʔar 'grass' (LGur 530); *sǝre; Cha särimäsǝr 'green' ("like grass" LGur)
Mehri: ŝɛ̄r 'straw' (JM 370); cf. šǝʕīr (JM 391) 'barley', very likely an Arabism.
Jibbali: ŝáʕǝr 'dry grass, straw' (JJ 244); cf. šiʕír (JJ 259) 'barley', very likely an Arabism.
Soqotri: cf. šáʕir 'orge' (LS 420), very likely an Arabism.
Notes: Dolgopolsky explains -ʕ- as the result of contamination, after popular etymology, with Sem. *ŝaʕr- 'hair', which is quite plausible; an alternative explanation is the influence of *ŝi/uʕ(V̄ʕ)- 'barley'
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-hbr,semet-jud,semet-syr,semet-mnd,semet-ara,semet-gzz,semet-tgr,semet-amh,semet-arg,semet-gaf,semet-gur,semet-mhr,semet-jib,semet-soq,semet-notes,
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: šr.t
Meaning: 'Gerste' MK (EG IV, 524)
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *sir-
Meaning: 'yam'
Tangale: sîr- 'yam' (Kraft)
Notes: (s- in Tng continues several Afrasian sibilants, incl. *ĉ)
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-tng,wchet-notes,
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *ĉVr-t-
Meaning: 'okra'
Banana: ŝordà 'okra' (Kraft) <*ĉVr-d- <*ĉVr-t- (cf. kowànà 'son, daughter' ~ kòwàyendà 'sister', or čindà 'mahogany' <*tiʔn-t-, cf. No. 14 below, and Stolbova 1996, 136)
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-bnn,
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Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :
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Proto-Agaw: *šinray (?)
Meaning: 'wheat'
Bilin: cf. šinrā́y 'Weizen' (Reinisch 1886, 904), likely borrowed from or Eth
agwet-prnum,agwet-meaning,agwet-bil,
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Saho-Afar etymology :
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Proto-Saho-Afar: *sinr- (?)
Meaning: 'wheat'
Saho: cf. sinrā́ 'Weizen' (Reinisch 1886, 904), probably borrowed from or to Eth
Afar (Danakil): cf. sirrā́y 'Weizen' (Reinisch 1886, 904), probably borrowed from or to Eth
shoet-prnum,shoet-meaning,shoet-saho,shoet-afar,
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *SVr(Vn)-
Meaning: 'corn'
Somali: cf. saren 'wheat' (Abraham 1962, 218)
Oromo (Galla): cf. šuroo, široo 'k. of pap made out of well-ground peas' (Gragg 1982, 370)
lecet-prnum,lecet-meaning,lecet-som,lecet-oro,
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High East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-High East Cushitic: *Hašar-
Meaning: 'barley'
Hadiya (Gudella): cf. sara-ta 'sorghum' (Huds., 139)
Qabenna: ašārú-ta 'barley' (Leslau 1959, 18)
Tembaro: ašaru 'barley' (Leslau 1959, 18)
hecet-prnum,hecet-meaning,hecet-had,hecet-kab,hecet-tmb,
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Warazi etymology :
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Proto-Warazi: *sVr-
Meaning: 'wheat'
Harso (Werize): soro 'Weizen' (Dull., 279)
wrzet-prnum,wrzet-meaning,wrzet-hrs,
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Omotic etymology :
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Proto-Omotic: *(H)ašar- 'barley'
Meaning: (roasted) barley
Mocha: ašāro '(roasted) barley' (Leslau 1959, 18; one wonders whether this is a loan from E. Cu.)
omoet-prnum,omoet-meaning,omoet-mch,
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