Number: 2120
Proto-Semitic: *kar(i)ŝ- ~ *kirŝ- {}
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: belly, stomach, uterus
Akkadian: karšu, karašu 'belly, intestines' OA, OB, SB [CAD k 223], [AHw 450]
Eblaitic: (?) gàr-su-um, gàr-su /karsyum/ [Kr 22; Bl E 53]
Ugaritic: krs 'belly, intestines' (?). Meaning unreliable, see [Aist 157], [Del Olmo 568] (not in [DLU]). Unexplained -s instead of the expected š
Hebrew: *kārēŝ (suff. kǝrēŝō) 'belly' [KB 500]
Judaic Aramaic: karsā, kǝrēsā (<*karis-, from HBR ?) 'stomach, belly, womb' [Ja 672]; krs, det. krsh, krysh 'stomach' [Sok 270]
Syrian Aramaic: karsā 'venter, uterus' [Brock 347]
Modern Aramaic: HRT karsa 'Bauch' [J Hert 190] NASS kīsä 'belly' [Tser 0144] MMND kars, emph. karsa 'belly, stomach, uterus' [M MND 493, 521, 524] AZR kasa 'abdomen, belly, stomach' [Garb 314]
Mandaic Aramaic: karsa 'belly, stomach, womb' [DM 201]
Arabic: kariš-, kirš- 'ventricule, estomac, ventre, utérus' [BK 2 885]
Geʕez (Ethiopian): karŝ 'belly, stomach, abdomen' [LGz 294]
Tigre: kärsät 'belly, stomach' [LH 399]
Tigrai (Tigriñña): kärsi 'ventre, seno' [Bass 591]
Amharic: kärs 'belly, stomach' [K 1388]
Harari: kärsi 'abdomen, belly' [LHar 94]
Gurage: SOD kärs, ENN END käs do. [LGur 351]
Mehri: kīrǝŝ, pl. kīrēŝ, dim. kǝrŝɛnūt 'belly; calf; biceps' [JM 214]
Jibbali: s̃irŝ, pl. ekrɛ́ŝ 'belly' [JJ 135]; cf. JIB šurŝ in [JH 70] and kɔ́rŝɔ́t in [SSL 2 223]
Harsusi: kēreŝ 'belly' [JH 70]
Soqotri: šéreŝ 'estomac' [LS 423], [SSL LS 1461]
Notes: Note a current meaning shift in TGR kärǝs 'inside' [LH 399] and GUR examples, which are, according to Leslau [LGur 354], perhaps to be identified with the present root with metathesis: END kässǝr 'inside, within, interior' [LGur I 204] and ENN käsǝr 'interior, within' [ibid. 324]. [Fron 47] (*kariŝ- 'ventre' /GEZ,ARB,SYR,HBR,AKK/); [Holma 74]: AKK, HBR, SYR, ARB, GEZ, MND; [KB 500]: HBR, ARM, UGR, ARB, GEZ, TGR, AKK, SOQ; [Brock 347]: SYR, ARM, HBR, AKK, GEZ; [LGz 294]: GEZ, ETH, ARB, ARM, JIB, HBR, AKK; [LS 423]: SOQ, ARB, HBR, GEZ, AKK
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