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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1944
Proto-Semitic: *kwVlāʔ- ?
Meaning: pasture; forage
Akkadian: ukullû 'Viehfutter; Verpflegung(sration), Verköstigung' OB on (AHw, 1406; <*kwVllāʔ- ?)
Arabic: klʔ 'abonder en fourrage (se dit d'un pays)' (BK 2, 919), kalaʔ- 'fourrage (sec ou vert)' (Ibid. 920)
Geʕez (Ethiopian): kʷālawa 'to reap, mow' (LGz., 284), makala, makkola (acc. to Leslau, for makkʷala; secondary derivation with m- prefixed) 'to cut with a sickle, mow' (Ibid. 339)
Tigre: mäklay 'halm of durra, halm of corn' (LGz., 339)
Tigrai (Tigriñña): mäɔ̄älä 'to mow, cut' (LGz., 339)
Amharic: kǝlkǝl 'pasture' (Kane 1990; Reinisch 1884, 376; redupl.)
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *k(w)lw 1, *k(ʷ)alaʔ- (Akk., Arab.) 2, *kal(w)- (Ch., Cu.) 3
Meaning: to cut, mow, gather (grass) 1, forage, fodder 2, pasture 3
Notes: To separate as early as the Proto-Afrasian level, from a phonetically and semantically close root *kal(aʔ)- 'earth, land': Sem.: Arb. klʔ II 'atterrir, approcher de la terre (un navire)' (BK 2, 919-20), kallāʔ- 'rivage' (Ibid. 920); Brb.: Qbl. a-kal 'terre; sol; bien, propriété foncière (terrain cultivable)' (Dallet 1982, 401), Ntf. a-kal 'terre, sol, terrain', etc. (Laoust 1920, 359); Ch. W.: Tng. kálau 'soil, earth, ground'; E.: Tum. kǝ̀lǝ̀ 'earth' (Takács 1999, 68). Cf. Takács (Ibid.) comparing Eg. ꜣkr 'earth-god Aker'(see in No. 18) to Arb. kalaʔ- 'pasture', Brb. *a-kal 'earth', Mpn. čál 'field, grassy area', Pero kálà 'place for growing plants, farming land', Tng. kálau 'soil, earth, ground', Tum. kǝ̀lǝ̀ 'earth' and Or. kalō 'pasture land'. To separate as early as the Proto-Afrasian level, from a phonetically and semantically close root *kal(aʔ)- 'earth, land': Sem.: Arb. klʔ II 'atterrir, approcher de la terre (un navire)' (BK 2, 919-20), kallāʔ- 'rivage' (Ibid. 920); Brb.: Qbl. a-kal 'terre; sol; bien, propriété foncière (terrain cultivable)' (Dallet 1982, 401), Ntf. a-kal 'terre, sol, terrain', etc. (Laoust 1920, 359); Ch. W.: Tng. kálau 'soil, earth, ground'; E.: Tum. kǝ̀lǝ̀ 'earth' (Takács 1999, 68). Cf. Takács (Ibid.) comparing Eg. ꜣkr 'earth-god Aker'(see in No. 18) to Arb. kalaʔ- 'pasture', Brb. *a-kal 'earth', Mpn. čál 'field, grassy area', Pero kálà 'place for growing plants, farming land', Tng. kálau 'soil, earth, ground', Tum. kǝ̀lǝ̀ 'earth' and Or. kalō 'pasture land'.
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Berber etymology :
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Proto-Berber: *klkl (redupl. stem of intensive action)
Meaning: 'to gather'
Ayr: kǝlǝnkilet 'ramasser, reunir completement' (Alojaly 1980, 92; with a secondary -n-)
Ahaggar (Tahaggart): kelukelu 'ramasser hâtivement c̣à et là (des brins de pailles, des brindilles de bois)' (Foucauld 1951-1952, 800)
Tawllemmet: kǝlǝnkilet 'ramasser, reunir completement' (Alojaly 1980, 92; with a secondary -n-)
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *kal-
Meaning: 'field'
Montol: Mupun čál 'field, grassy area' (Takács 1999, 68;*k- in the languages of the Sura group may yield č, see Stolbova 1996, 92)
Pero: kálà 'place for growing plants, ing land' (Frajzyngier 1985, 68), kálù 'to gather' (Ibid. 35)
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Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :
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Proto-Agaw: *ku/il(kil)- (?)
Meaning: 'pasture; lowland'
Khamir: kilkil 'Wiese, Trift' (Reinisch 1884, 376; likely a loan of Amh. kǝlkǝl)
Qwara: kōla 'das Tiefland, die Niederung' (Reinisch 1885 Die Quarasprache, 83; unless a semantic shift from*kal(aʔ)- 'earth, land')
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *kalw-
Meaning: 'pasture'
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High East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-High East Cushitic: *kalw-
Meaning: 'pasture'
Sidamo: kalo 'pasture' (Huds., 111)
Burji (Bambala, Dashe): kalo 'pasture' (Huds., 111)
Kambatta: kalu 'pasture' (Huds., 111)
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