West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *pVṭ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'pluck' 1, 'extract' 2

Diri: fǝta 1 [SkNb]

Pa'a: pɨtā̀ 1 [MS]

Ngizim: pǝ̀tú, fǝ̀tú 2 [SchN]

Notes: Angas parp (pl.) 'to pluck (of grass, fowls, etc).' [Fl] may originate from *par-Vp or *pat-Vp, in the latter case also belong to this root. For verbal pl. with -Vp suff. see [ FrMG:56, Hll: 316]. Similar cases are mistakenly treated in [TAS] as forms with epenthetic -r-, cf., e.g. p.286: "perep (epenthetic-r-), pl. form of the root *pet".

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *paṭ-

Meaning: tear

Western Chadic: *pVṭ- ' 'pluck' 1, 'extract' 2

Central Chadic: *pat- 'pluck, pull'

East Chadic: *pVt-pluck (feathers)''

Omotic: *peṭ- 'tear' 1, 'rags' 2

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *pat-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'pluck, pull'

Zime-Batna: pát [Sa] plumer, retirer

Masa: pàt [CC] arracher une plant

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *pVt-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: pluck (feathers)''

Kera: pété [Eb] entfedern

Kwang: petí [Lns

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *peṭ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'tear' 1, 'rags' 2

Ometo: peḍ- 1

Kafa (Kaficho): heeṭo 2

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