Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *ʔaẑaʔ/y-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'k. of corn'

Mbara: ʔáẑày 'Sorghastrum trichopus' (Tourneau, Seignobos & Lafarge 1986)

Gude: ʔǝ̀laʔin 'okra' (Kraft)

Notes: may originate from *ʕaɵaʔ/y-, cf. Tables of correspondences in Stolbova 1996

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕay/wŝ-

Meaning: ripened grain, corn

Semitic: *ʕayŝ_x- 'bread, corn food'

Berber: *Hiss 'grain'

Central Chadic: *ʔaẑaʔ/y- ' k. of corn'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *HaS- 'to reap' (?)

Low East Cushitic: *HVS- 'k. of corn'

Warazi (Dullay): *ʕawš- 'to ripen'

Notes: (hardly metathetically related to *ĉi/uʕ(V̄ʕ)- 'grain, ear (of barley)')

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2561

Proto-Semitic: *ʕayŝx-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: bread, corn food

Hebrew: pB. ʕīsā 'started dough, quantity of flour used for one person's meal' (Ja. 1072), ʕăsāsīt 'pounded wheat or peas' (Ibid. 1098)

Tigre: ʕeš 'bread (of the Europeans)' (LH 481), ʕayyäša 'to nourish' (Ibid.)

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *Hiss 'grain'

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'grain'

Zenaga: issi 'grain' (Basset 1909, 124)

Notes: <*Hiss-; Afras. *ŝ yields s in Brb.

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *HaS-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to reap'

Qemant: ašī 'moissonner, couper le blé' (Conti Rossini 1912, 171)

Notes: Probably belongs here

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *HVS-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'corn'

Oromo (Galla): ees 'a k. of corn' (Sasse 1979, 44)

Warazi etymology :

Proto-Warazi: *ʕawš-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to ripen'

Dobase (Gobeze): ʕawš- 'reifen' (Dull. 263)

Harso (Werize): ʕawš- 'reifen' (Dull. 263)

Gollango (Wellango): ʕawš- 'reifen' (Dull. 263)

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