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Number: 2459
Proto-Semitic: *ḳāriʔ-
Meaning: 'partridge' 1,'kind of bird' 2, 'crane' 3, 'chicken' 4, 'crow' 5, 'bee-eater' 6
Hebrew: ḳōrē(ʔ) 'partridge' [KB 1132], pB. [Ja. 1341]. In 1S 26.20 (yāṣā(ʔ) mäläk yiŝrāʔēl lǝbaḳḳēš ʔät-parʕōš ʔäḥād kaʔăšär yirdōp haḳḳōrē(ʔ) bähārīm 'ныне, да не падет кровь моя на землю вдали от лика Господнего; воистину, погнался царь Израиля за одной-единственной блохой, будто преследует он куро- патку в горах'), а также в сложном пассаже провербиального ха- рактера Jr 17.11 (ḳōrē(ʔ) dāgar wǝlō(ʔ) yālād // ʕōŝǟ ʕōšär wǝ- lō(ʔ) bǝmišpāṭ 'куропатка высиживает яйца, но не имеет потомства // [таков] накапливающий богатство без закона').
Judaic Aramaic: ḳōrēʔā 'partridge' [Ja. 1341] (also ḳōrā 'heron; young bird' [Ja. 1341], ḳwr 'a bird with a long beak' [Sok. 483]).
Arabic: ḳāriy-at-, ḳāriyy-at- 'sorte d'oiseau aux jambes courtes, au bec long et au plumage du dos vert, qui présage la pluie (aux Arabes)' [BK 2 731], [LA XV 180].
Amharic: ḳʷǝrǝyye (ḳuriyyä) 'migrating crane; large white crane with a long beak' [K 738].
Notes: Cf. a number of bird names based on the biconsonantal *ḳVr- throughout Semitic: - Arb. ḳarr- 'poulet' [BK 2 699], [LA V 84]; - Gez. ḳāḳer 'crow' [LGz. 439], Amh. ḳʷǝra (ḳura) 'crow, ra- ven' [K 718], Sel. ḳure, Wol. ḳuri, End. hēḳurä, Sod. ḳürä, Gog. Muh. Msq. kurä, Eža Cha. Gyt. End. kʷǝrä 'crow, *disobedient (?)' [LGur. 495]; - Tgr. ḳǝrḳǝr 'a bird, the so-called bee-eater' [LH 241], Tna. ḳärḳärrä 'passeraceo che ha l'istinto di guidare il cacciatore al luogo dove si trova il miele' [Bass. 292], Amh. ḳǝrḳǝrre 'a small bird about the size of the warda-dove which has chestnut plumage and a pointed beak and guides people to where wild beehives are' [K 725]. [KB 1132]: Hbr., Arb.
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳʷar-
Meaning: crow (also 'partridge; crane'?)
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Berber etymology :
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Proto-Berber: *-ḳrVw-t
Meaning: 'raven'
Ayr: a-ɣrut
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ḳur-
Meaning: 'crow' 1, 'kite' 2
Oromo (Galla): ḳurruu 1
Baiso: ḳura (unless <Amh)
Arbore: ḳore
Notes: Lamb Wol 436
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High East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-High East Cushitic: *ḳur(an-t)-
Meaning: 'crow'
Darasa (Gedeo): ḳoraande
Hadiya (Gudella): ḳoraan-ta
Alaba: ḳura
Burji (Bambala, Dashe): ḳorʔ-an-čo
Kambatta: ḳoraan-da
Tembaro: ḳura
Notes: Sas Bur 127; Lamb Wol 436
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Omotic etymology :
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Proto-Omotic: *ḳur-
Meaning: 'crow'
Ometo: Gamu Zaysse ḳuro, Dače ḳoraa-še
Wolamo (Wolaitta): Wol ḳuuruwa
Bworo (Shinasha): aḳoḳora
Ari: ḳuraa-k
Notes: Lamb Wol 436
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