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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 835
Proto-Semitic: *ḥVy-
Meaning: 'feed (a child)'
Arabic: ḥy
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-ara,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḥay/w-
Meaning: food
Notes: Cf. verbal derivative in ECh *ʔay- 'eat' (Lele ai)
afaset-meaning,afaset-prnum,afaset-sem,afaset-egy,afaset-ech,afaset-notes,
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: ḥw
Meaning: 'food' (pyr)
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,
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East Chadic etymology :
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Proto-EChadic: *Hay-
Meaning: 'food'
Somrai: hàyē [Jg]
Ndam: ā:y [JgD]
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-smr,echet-ndm,
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : HVWV
Meaning : be satiated (?)
Amerind (misc.) : ? *ʔayu 'good' (R 323) [+ A] Notes : The relationship to *HigU in Eurasiatic has to be cleared up.
globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-amer,globet-notes,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *HVwV
Meaning: multitude; be satiated
Comments: Yuk. and CK may be rather < *jVgU 'drink'. Cf. also Ain. *ē- 'eat'.
nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-alt,nostret-kart,nostret-chuk,nostret-notes,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *ebo
Meaning: enough, big
Russian meaning: достаточный, большой
Comments: Cf. PJ *ǝ̀pǝ̀- 'big' which may reflect a merger of this root with *ĕ̀p`o q. v. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: {*ebe
Meaning: good
Karakhanid: yemet / evet
Turkish: ? evet 'yes, well'
Chuvash: avan
turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-krh,turcet-trk,turcet-chv,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *(h)öɣ- / *(h)öb-
Meaning: 1 huge, big 2 complete, whole
Russian meaning: 1 громадный, большой 2 весь, целиком
Written Mongolian: ögelei 1 (L 631), öb-či 2 (L 627) Khalkha: ȫlij 1, övč 2
monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ebi-
Meaning: 1 enough 2 to be satiated 3 greedy 4 to eat greedily
Russian meaning: 1 достаточно 2 насыщаться, наедаться
Evenki: uwi- 2
Literary Manchu: ebi- 2
Jurchen: oh-pih-leh 2
Ulcha: ebiri- 4, ebe-su(n) 3
Nanai: ebe-sũ 3
Oroch: eburi 1
Comments: ТМС 2, 243, 433. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-man,tunget-chu,tunget-ulc,tunget-nan,tunget-orc,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *ò'ắ-
Meaning: whole, complete
Russian meaning: целый, быть целым
Middle Korean: ò'ắ-n, ò'ắr-
koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *xwaw-
Russian meaning: множество
English meaning: multitude
Georgian: xvav-
Georgian meaning (Rus.): куча, груда
Georgian meaning (Engl.): pile, heap
Megrel: xva-
Megrel meaning (Rus.): стая
Megrel meaning (Eng.): pack
Svan: xwaj, xwäj
Svan meaning (Rus.): много
Svan meaning (Eng.): many
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 258, EWK 549.
kartet-prnum,kartet-rusmean,kartet-meaning,kartet-gru,kartet-grmean,kartet-egrmean,kartet-meg,kartet-mgmean,kartet-emgmean,kartet-sva,kartet-svmean,kartet-esvmean,kartet-notes,
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Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology :
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Proto-Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *'eɣʷjǝ-
Meaning (Rus.): есть, пастись
kamet-meaning,kamet-chuk,kamet-itel,
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Chukchee-Koryak etymology :
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Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *ef(ǝ)ʒǝ-
Meaning (Rus.): есть 1, пастись 2, кормить 3
Chukchee: ɛvíi- 2
Koryak: ew(ǝ)ji- 1, j-ewj-et- 3
Palan: ewji- 1, 2, t-ewj-et 3
Alutor: àwǝji-, awji-k*, -òji- 1, t-àwǝj-at-, t-awja-t-* 3
chuket-prnum,chuket-meaning,chuket-chu,chuket-kor,chuket-pal,chuket-alu,
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Itelmen etymology :
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Proto-Itelmen: *xčo-'ɫ-
Meaning (Rus.): пасти
Itelmen meaning: пастух 1, пасти 2, сторож 3
Comments: Отыменной глагол 'делать пастьбу'.
itelet-prnum,itelet-meaning,itelet-itemea,itelet-comments,
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