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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *xur
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: rain
Ket: uĺeś5,6
Yug: ures5,6
Kottish: ur, *ūr, pl. ūraŋ; (Бол.) ur id.; Ass. ur (М., Сл., Срсл., Кл.), ür (Кл.); Kam. urax (Стр.); Koib. uraš (Мес., П)
Arin: kur (М., Сл., Срсл., Кл.) "rain"; kuraasa (Лоск.) id.
Pumpokol: ur-áit (Сл., Срсл., Кл.) "rain"; ures (Кл.) "rain" [= Yug.]
Comments: ССЕ 297. All languages, besides the simple form *xur, reflect also the compound *xur-ʔes 'rain-sky'. Werner 2, 338 <*ʔuʎ(es) / *khuʎ(es)>.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=ŭGwV́
Meaning: rain
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *=ŭGwV
Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷăH ( *r-)
Yenisseian: *xur ( + *xura `wet' 773)
Burushaski: *qhuró-
Comments and references : HGC 21, NSC 54 *-ɣwV.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *=ŭGwV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to rain
Proto-Nakh: *daʁu
Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ʷǝdǝ
Proto-Lak: ʁaral
Proto-Lezghian: *ʔoq:ʷa-
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The verbal root is preserved only in PL. Other languages reflect a deverbative noun *GwV-(r)dV / *r-ŭGwV.
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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *daʁu
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: rain
Chechen: doʁa
Ingush: doʁa
Comments: 3d class in Chech. and Ing. Note that the verbal present stem *-āʁ- ( > Chech. -ōʁu) "to come" has also the meaning "to rain, to snow"; thus the form *daʁu may have been deverbal in PN.
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ʷǝdǝ
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: rain
Khvarshi: ʁʷada
Inkhokvari: ʁodo
Bezhta: wodo
Gunzib: wǝdǝ
Comments: PTsKh *ʁʷǝdǝ (in Inkh. also means 'sky'), PGB *wǝdǝ.
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: ʁaral
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: rain
Lak form: ʁaral
Comments: 3d class. Cf. Khosr. ʁʷaral.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *ʔoq:ʷa-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 to rain 2 rain (n.)
Lezghian: q:ʷa-z 1
Tabasaran: u-r-ʁ-uz 1
Agul: uʁas 1
Rutul: huʁʷas 1
Tsakhur: g'-oʁa-s 1
Udi: aʁala 2
Comment: The words for 'rain' in most Lezgian languages are derived from this verb base (PL *ʔoq:ʷa-l(V) 'rain' > Lezg. q:ʷal, Ag. uʁal, Rut. huʁʷal, Ud. aʁala); a separate derivation from the same root is Tsakh. joʁʷi.

    See Талибов 1960а, 298; Лексика 1971, 185.

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷăH ( *r-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: rain
Chinese: *whaʔ rain.
Tibetan: kha-ba snow, mkha heaven.
Burmese: rwa rain, LB *r-jua rain, cf. also *wax snow.
Kachin: ru1 to pour, to fall in torrents, as rain.
Lushai: ruaʔ rain, KC *r2uaʔ
Lepcha: so rain (?)
Kiranti: *wǝ̀
Comments: BG: Garo mikka wa, Dimasa ha to rain, Bodo ha rain; Digaro kǝra rain; Bahing rya-wa. Sh. 39, 43, 138, 431; Ben. 109, 168. For Jnp. ru1 see also notes under *g(h)ʷrǝ 'wash'.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: yǔ yù
Preclassic Old Chinese: whaʔ whaʔs
Classic Old Chinese: whá
Western Han Chinese: whá
Eastern Han Chinese: whá
Early Postclassic Chinese: whó
Middle Postclassic Chinese: whó
Late Postclassic Chinese: whó
Middle Chinese: ɦǘ ɦǜ
Fanqie: 余乳 [a] 余遽 [b]
Rhyme class: 麌 [a] 遇 [b]
English meaning : precipitation, rain
Russian meaning[s]: дождь; под дождем; [yù] идти, лить, поливать (о дожде)
Shuowen gloss: 水從雲下也. 一象天門象雲水霝其間也. 凡雨之屬皆從雨.
Comments: Also read *whaʔ-s, MC ɦǜ (FQ 王遇) 'to rain upon, fall'. For *wh- cf. Xiamen hɔ6, Chaozhou hou4, Jianou xü6.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 173
Four-angle index: 3932
Karlgren code: 0100 a-e
Jianchuan Bai: vu1-
Dali Bai: vu1-
Bijiang Bai: -u2
Shijing occurrences: 28.1_, 35.1_, 41.1, 41.2, 50.3, 51.2_
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 671
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 遇合三上噳云
ZIHUI: 7183 1012
Beijing: y 2
Jinan: y 2
Xi'an: y 2
Taiyuan: y 2
Hankou: y 2
Chengdu: y 2
Yangzhou: y 2
Suzhou: y 32
Wenzhou: ɦu 22
Changsha: y 2
Shuangfeng: y 2
Nanchang: y 2
Meixian: ji 2
Guangzhou: jy 22
Xiamen: u 2
Chaozhou: hou 22
Fuzhou: y 2
Shanghai: y 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: iu 2
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *wǝ̀ ( ? / *r-wǝ̀)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: rain
Sunwar: rew (?)
Tulung:
Kaling:
Limbu: wā-hit (-hit is unclear)
Dumi: hu
Kulung: wa
Yamphu: wari
Comments: Toba 94 *wö. Cf. *wa 'water'?
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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: wiʔl
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: rain
Comments: wiʔl tha it's raining, vide thamaʔ.
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Dumi dictionary :

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Entry: hu
Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: rain.
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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: wa
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: rain
Nepali: pānī.
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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: wari
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: rain
Comments: wari lemma to rain.
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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *qhuró-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: cloud
Yasin: xoróŋ
Hunza: qhurónc̣
Nagar: qhurónc̣
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : HVWV
Meaning : stream, flow of water
Eurasiatic : *Huwa
Afroasiatic : *ḥVw- (? + Cush. *wVʕ-, Sem. *hwʕ / *hyʕ 'flow')
Sino-Caucasian : *=ŭGwV
Reference : МССНЯ 334, ОСНЯ 1, 256; ND 794, 2611.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *Huwa
Meaning: stream, flow of water
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *Heu-
Uralic: *uwa (?*uŋa)
Dravidian: *vār- 'flow'
Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *iw- 'water'
Comments: Cf. *GurV.
References: МССНЯ 334, ОСНЯ 1, 256; ND 794 *ho[w]ʕa ~ *hoʕwa 'flow, stream' (Ural. + partially IE); 2611 *χawV 'to spurt, to rain' (IE + SH).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *awǝ-/e- <PIH *H->
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: water (flowing)
Hittite: heu- c.'Regen' (Tischler 238ff); hur-nai-/-ija- (I), hur-nu- (I) 'besprengen, befeuchten', Pal. huwarninai 'besprengt' (Tischler 305-306)
Old Indian: avaṭá-, avatá- m. `a hole, vacuity in the ground', aváni- f. `stream, river, bed of a river'
Old Greek: án-au̯ro-s m. `Giessbach, Strom'
Baltic: *jū̂-r-ā̂ (1), -jā̂, -iā̃ f., -ia- (1) c.; *jaû-r-ā̂ (1) f.
Germanic: *au-r-a- m., *au-r-ag-a- adj.; *ū-r-a- n., *ū-r-ag-a- adj.
Latin: ūrīnārī `tauchen unter Wasser', ūrīnātor `Taucher'
Russ. meaning: вода (проточная)
References: WP I 268 f, Buck 37, 45.
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *jū̂-r-ā̂ (1), -jā̂, -iā̃ f., -ia- (1) c.; *jaû-r-ā̂ (1) f.
Meaning: sea
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: jū́ra, dial. pl. jū́rōs, jū́rēs, jū́riōs, jū́riai `Meer, See'; jáura, pl. -ōs `Moorgrund, Sumpfland'
Lettish: jũr̨a, jũre, jūris `Meer'
Old Prussian: iūrin `Meer' Ench. 67:11, 75:2, luriay [l. iuriay] V. 66 `id.'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *aura-z, *auraga-, *ūra-n, *ūraga-
Meaning: rain, fog, sea
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: ūr n. `Feuchtigkeit, feiner Regen'; NIsl aur, Far eyr-ur `Sumpf'
Norwegian: aur `Sumpf'; ur `Schneewetter'
Swedish: ur `Schneewetter'; dial. örja `Sumpf'
Old Danish: ur `Nebel'
Old English: ēar (ǟr), -es m. `sea, ocean', ūrig-feɵera `wet-feathered, with dewy plumage', ūrig-lāst `making a dewy track'
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1107
Proto: *uŋa
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: stream; to flow
German meaning: Strom; strömen
Finnish: vuo 'Strom, Strombett', vuota- 'lecken, Wasser durchlassen; rinnen, fließen'
Estonian: voo 'Strömung, Wellengang', vooda- (vooan) 'lecken (intr.); laufen, triefen'
Saam (Lapp): uwe, uvwe 'flumen placide manans, fluxus', uvwete-, uwete- 'aquam accipere, perfluere'; uvve -v- (N) 'flumen placide labens, fluvius'
Khanty (Ostyak): oɣ (V), ŏw (DN), ăw (O) 'Strom', oɣa- (V), ŏw- (DN), ăw- (O) 'strömen'
Mansi (Vogul): ow (TJ LU KU P) 'Strom', ow- (So.) 'strömen', åw, åu (N) 'Flut, Strom', åw- 'fließen'
Sammalahti's version: *uwa
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *vār-
Meaning : to flow; to strain
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *vār-
Proto-Telugu : *vār-
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *vār-
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *vār-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *vār-
Meaning : to flow
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : vār (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to flow, trickle, overflow
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to pour, cast (as metal in a mould); vārppu pouring, casting, that which is cast; vāri channel for draining off rain-water from roof, waterway, sluice
Malayalam : vāruka
Malayalam meaning : to run, flow down, be strained off (water)
Malayalam derivates : vārkka to pour, cast; vārcca issue, flux; vārppu fusion, casting metals, issue
Kannada : bār
Kannada meaning : to set free a liquid, pour out, purge
Tulu : barcelụ
Tulu meaning : (B-K) channel to empty surplus water, as from a field
Proto-Nilgiri : *vār-ĭ
Number in DED : 5356
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *vār-ĭ
Meaning : ditch
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Kota : vāry "ditch around fields, acting as moat outside embarkment and fence"
Toda : pōry
Additional forms : Also Kota ? varb- (varby-) (tears) stand in eyes ready to fall
Number in DED : 5356
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *vār-
Meaning : to flow down as water from boiled rice, be drained off
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : vāru
Additional forms : Also [1] vārucu, [2] vārcu to pour or drain off, as water from boiled rice
Number in DED : 5356
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *vār-
Meaning : to filter
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Naiki : vār jav "water of boiled rice"
Parji : vār jāva "water in which rice has been boiled"
Salur Gadba : vārk- (vārt-) "to strain water from food, etc."
Poya Gadba : vārp- (vārt-) "to strain (water from boiled rice)"
Kondekor Gadba : vār- "to be filtered (like boiled rice)"
Additional forms : Also Parji vārp- (vārt-) to strain; Gadba_S3 vārp- (vārup-) to filter (like boiled rice, etc.)
Number in DED : 5356
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *vār-
Meaning : to pour; canal
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Gondi : *vār-
Konda : vāra
Proto-Pengo-Manda : *vār-
Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *vār-u
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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *vār-
Meaning : to pour
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Muria Gondi : var "irrigation channel"
Maria Gondi : vār-
Seoni Gondi : vāṭ- (?)
Adilabad Gondi : vāṭ-
Number in DED : 5356
Number in CVOTGD : 3225, 3219, 3177
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Konda etymology :

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Konda : vāra
Meaning: canal for irrigation (BB)
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Number in DED : 5356
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Pengo-Manda etymology :

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Proto-Pengo-Manda : *vār-
Meaning : to pour
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Pengo : vār- (-t-)
Number in DED : 5356
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :

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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *vār-u
Meaning : stream; flood
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Kui : vāru (pl. vārka) "water-channel, stream, torrent"
Kuwi (Israel) : vāru "flood"
Additional forms : Also Kuwi_Isr varda pīyu torrential rain. Kui form taken from 5356
Number in DED : 5323
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Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology :

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Proto-Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *'iv-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning (Rus.): вода
Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *if-: *if-ʁici-, *if-ini-
Proto-Itelmen: *'i'(j)
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Chukchee-Koryak etymology :

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Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *if-: *if-ʁici-, *if-ini-
Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology
Meaning (Rus.): вода: пить (воду) 1, смачивать полозья водой 2, промышлять на море 3, есть снег, пропитанный мочой 4, олень, любящий мочу 5
Chukchee: ikwicí-, ikwucí- 1, iwtɛ́t- 2, iwiní, iɣiní- 3, iw-lʔɛ́t- 4, iwlʔǝ-qór 5
Koryak: iwwici- 1, iwini- 3
Palan: iwhic̨i-, hivhic̨i- 1, iwini- 3
Alutor: iwʔici- 1, iwini- 3
Comments: Встречается только как элемент сложений.
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Itelmen etymology :

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Proto-Itelmen: *'i'(j)
Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology
Meaning (Rus.): вода
Itelmen: 'i', 'i'j**, ('ij-)
Itelmen meaning: вода
West Itelmen: 'i'in ['i'i*] 1, 'i'i-nvǝ-nk loc. 2, 'i'iń kna-sč dim. 3
West Itelmen meaning: aqua 1, subaqua heus 2, hydropsis 3
West Itelmen meaning (Polish): woda 1, znajdujący się wodzie, podwodny 2, wodna puchlina 3
South Itelmen: 'i'i ['i'i*]
South Itelmen meaning (Latin): aqua
South Itelmen meaning (Polish): woda
Number in Volodin 1976: 36, 37
Volodin-Zhukova reference: 349
Stebnitsky reference: 91
Comments: Володин, Жукова 349. В зап. камч. у Дыбовского основа оформлена суффиксом места наличия *-nŏm/ -nv-. В слове 'водянка' вторая часть - 'болезнь' и уменьшительный суффикс.
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḥVw/y-
Meaning: rain, water
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Semitic: *ḥʷay- 'rain (n.)' 1, 'water' 2
Egyptian: ḥw-t 'rain', ḥwy 'flood' Pyr
East Chadic: *hVw- 'rain' (v.)
Omotic: Sheko (h)ai, Dizi aai 'water'
afaset-meaning,afaset-prnum,afaset-sem,afaset-egy,afaset-ech,afaset-omo,

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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 2700
Proto-Semitic: *ḥʷay-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'rain (n.)' 1, 'water' 2
Arabic: ḥayy-an 1
Amharic: wǝha 2
Argobba: ähʷa 2
Gurage: End ǝhä (LGur 36: <Cush)
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-ara,semet-amh,semet-arg,semet-gur,

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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: ḥw-t
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: der Regen (Pyr) EG III 49
Notes: ḥwy Pyr 'die Flut' EG III 48
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,egyet-notes,

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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *hVw-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'weep' 1, 'rain' (v.) 2
Somrai: ʔwā 2 [JSib]
Tumak: hǝ̀w 1 [Cp]
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-smr,echet-tum,

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