West Chadic etymology : List with all references

Proto-WChadic: *ĉa/uw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'meat'

Warji: ŝū-na [SkNb]

Kariya: ŝíwì [Sk]

Miya: ŝíwíyá [Sk]

Pa'a: ŝúwí [Sk]

Cagu: ŝú-n [Sk]

Siri: ŝùyí [Sk]

Jimi: hio [CLR: 232]

Geji: ŝùu [CLR]

Zem: ŝàu

Zaar: ŝu [CLR]

Barawa: ŝàu

Sayanchi: ŝúu [Cs]

Boghom: sáw [CLR]

Kir: ŝo [CLR]

Tule: ŝawò [CLR]

Wangday: ŝaù [CLR]

Tala: ŝú: [CLR]

Guus: ŝuù [CLR]

Mangas: ŝú [Cs]

Ngizim: ŝùwái [SchN]

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ĉayw/ʔ-

Meaning: meat, small or large cattle

Semitic: *ŝaw- 'head of small cattle'

Egyptian: šꜣy (ME) 'pig' (?)

Western Chadic: *ĉa/uw- 'meat'

Central Chadic: *ŝuw- 'meat'

East Chadic: *s/ĉi- 'bull' 1, 'cow' 2, 'meat' 3 (?)

Omotic: Ong č̣ata Fl, čata (Fl Ong, ST, SLLE), likely metathetically related to NOmot Mao oške <*ʔVč-k-, Janjero ašā, Chara ačča, Wolayta ašuwa, Male aški, Dizi ačku id. (Bnd Om 20, 90, 169, 213; cf. also Hozo šaa, Ganza saʔa 'goat' ibid. 355)

Number: 2515

Proto-Semitic: *ŝaw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: head of small cattle

Akkadian: šuʔu (šû) 'sheep' OB on [CAD š3 417], [AHw. 1255], šuātu 'ewe' OB [CAD š3 168], [AHw. 1256]. Exlusively literary terms, always in sacrificial contexs. The earliest attestation is in RA 38 87 2 (našiākkunūšim ša-a-am māri ša-a-ti ellam 'I bring you a pure lamb, son of a ewe'). In Malku šu-ʔ-ú = immeru (V 32), šu-a-tu = laḫru (ibid. 34).

Ugaritic: š 'carnero, res ovina' [DLU 424]. Only in cultic texts, mostly in lists of sacrifices.

Phoenician: š 'sheep, one of a flock' [T 309], [Krah. 452]. In KAI 24:8,11 (ʕlmt ytn bš 'a girl used to be given for a sheep', wmy bl ḥz pn š 'and one who did not see the face of a sheep', v. further [Tropper Zincirli 37-8, 42] and [Gibson 37- 8]) and KAI 26 A III 2 (wb[ʕt ḥ]rš š 1 wbʕt ḳṣr š 1 'for the ploughing-time, [a sacrifice of] one sheep, and for the harvest, [a sacrifice of] one sheep').

Hebrew: ŝǟ 'small livestock beast' [KB 1310], pB. [Ja. 1526]. Used both of sheep and goats (cf. Nu 15.11: ŝǟ bakkǝbāŝīm ʔō bāʕizzīm 'ŝ. from sheep or from goats'). More details on the use of this term see in [TWAT VII 718ff.].

Arabic: šāʔ- 'brebis' [BK 1 1178], šāt- 'brebis, mouton, espèce ovine; buffle (mâle)', šiyat- (pl.) 'brebis, moutons', šawaⁿ (coll.) 'brebis, moutons, espèce ovine' [ibid. 1292], šiyāt- 'brebis, moutons' [ibid. 1301] (cf. also [Fr. II 468], [Lane 1623-4], [LA XIII 509] for these and other variant forms). See also [Hommel 223].

Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab. s₂h 'sheep' [SD 132]. In C 694/1-2 (md_bḥt s₂hw 'an altar for sheep') and J 720/16-7 (lms₂w mʕrbtm ... wzʔk s₂hn 'let him approach the altar ... and sacrifice a sheep'). Both passages are critically analy- zed in [Sima 142-3]. According to Sima, s₂hw in the first pas- sage is a proper name whereas s₂hn is a result of an incorrect reading by the publisher.

Notes: Since this term is not reflected in later Arm. dialects (Jud. ŝētā 'ewe' [Ja. 1570], ŝē 'lamb' [ibid. 1556] and Sam. šh 'sheep' [Tal 875] are almost certainly Hebraisms), there are good reasons to relate Sam. šʔh and Anc. šʔt 'sheep, ewe' [HJ 1094] to No. ... rather than to the present root. The same may be true about Akk. šuʔu, šuʔātu. Special relationship with sacrificial cult attested in most of the ancient textual traditions is hardly accidental (cf. [Sasson 446] and [Del Olmo Sheep 188]: "Are we in the presence of a technical cultic term?"). [KB 1310]: Hbr., Pho., Ugr., Akk., Arb., Sab. (also the Arm. forms quoted above as well as Off. tʔtʔ which obviously does not belong here); [T 309]: Pho., Hbr., Ugr., Akk., Arb., Sab.; [Fir- mage 1153]: Akk., Hbr., Ugr., Arb.; [DLU 424]: Ugr., Hbr., Pho., Akk., Sab., Arb.

Old Egyptian: šꜣy (ME)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'pig'

Notes: EG IV 408. Cf. also šw MK 'Esel' ibid. 433

Proto-CChadic: *ŝuw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'meat'

Tera: ẑù (NmT)

Gabin: ŝûwe {Kr]

Boka: ŝuwǝ [Kr]

Higi Futu: s̃ti [K: 173]

Higi Baza: s̃ti [K: 143]

Higi Nkafa: s̃tì [Kr: 133]

Higi Ghye: s̃ti [K: 163]

Fali Kiria: s̃ti [K: 183]

Kapsiki=Higi Kamale: s̃tì [Kr: 1̄3]

Lamang: s̃ui [CLR: 233]

Dghwede=Zǝɣwana: ŝúwʌ̀ [CLR: 233]

Glavda: ŝuw [Rp]

Guduf: s̃úwʌ̀ [CLR: 233]

Cineni=Nakatsa: ŝuwa [Kr]

Mofu-Gudur: áŝɔ̀w ' [BaMof]

Mada: ás̃ɔ̀w [BMof]

Mafa=Matakam: ŝuwe [BaMaf]

Logone: s̃u [LLog]

Buduma=Yedina: hu [LBud]]

Gidar: s̃wa [CLR: 233]

Zime-Batna: s̃ēo [Sa]

Masa: s̃ú:-ná [CLR: 233]

Mesme: ŝeou [Kr]

Notes: irregular voices lateral in the gude gr.: FB ẑìwun 'flesh, meat', FJ ẑùwe, FM ẑìwu 'meat', FJ ẑɨ̀we , FM ẑìyu, 'flesh' [Kr],Gude lùwa 'flesh, meat' [Hs], Nzn lìwe'flesh' [Kr]. Rather originates from a different root.

Proto-EChadic: *suy-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bull' 1, 'cow' 2, 'meat' 3

Nanchere: sī 1 [Lk]

Lele: sìí [?] 3

Kabalai: sī 1 [Lk]

Kera: si 2 [Eb]

Mobu (dial. Kwang): tú-sú 2 [JhM]

Migama: sū́ḍú <*su-ḍ-?

Jegu: sú-ut

Bidiya: su-uḍo [CLR:233]

Mokilko: séy [Jg]

Mawa: sū [Lk Barein]

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