Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *kʷay(-t)-

Meaning: hen; partridge; dove; chick

Semitic: *kaykay- ~ *kVtkVt- 'hen, chick'

Berber: *ikaHi 'cock' (<*ʔV-kay?)

Western Chadic: *kʷay(kʷay)- 'hen' 1, 'cock' 2, 'pigeon' 3, 'goose' 4

Central Chadic: *kway(kway)- 'partridge' 1, 'hen' 2

East Chadic: *kway- 'bird' 1, 'white dove' 2

Beḍauye (Beja): kaw 'partridge'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *koy- 'partridge'

Mogogodo (Yaaku): kɔkɔ 'fowl'

Omotic: *kutt- 'hen, chicken' ~ *ʔ/wak- 'chicken; fowl; chick'

Notes: Cf. Bla Beja 18 (Beḍ and Bilin). Cf. *(ʔa-)kʷVy(kʷVy)- 'owl; raven; vulture'.

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2689

Proto-Semitic: *kaykay-t- ~ *kVtkVt-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hen, chick'

Syrian Aramaic: kākāyǝtā (corr. kokantō) vulg. 'gallina' Brock. 326a

Tigre: kǝtkǝttay 'young bird, chick' <*kVtkVt- <*kV-t-?

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *ikaHi

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cock'

Ghat: ikai, pl. ikaian

Ayr: ta-kǝyya

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ekahi, pl. ikehan

Tawllemmet: ta-kǝyya

Notes: Shlḥ du Sous akiyaw, pl. ikiyawǝn. All Dest. Interd. 253, 255

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *kʷay(kʷay)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hen' 1, 'cock' 2, 'pigeon' 3, 'goose' 4

Mupun: kwee 1 [FrM]

Sura: kwɛ́ɛ́ 1 [JgS]

Angas: kì 1 [Fl]

Dera=Kanakuru: kíyók 4 [NmK]

Tangale: kwị́yụ 3 [JgT]

Sayanchi: kwok-kwok 'weaver-bird' [Cs N 71]

Guruntum: kʷàya 2 [Ja: 184]

Fyer: kùkwè 1 [JgR]

Notes: Redupl, in Fyer and Dera

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *kway(kway)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'partridge' 1, 'hen' 2

Fali Jilvu: yukey 2

Buduma=Yedina: kū́yē 1 [LBud]

Gulfey: yukey 2, kwaku 2 [Lk: 147]

Notes: cp. Yedina [CLR: 71] kugúi 'chicken'

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *kway-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bird' 1, 'white dove' 2

Kwang: kóyō 1 [CLR: 23]

Bidiya: keeke [JBid] 'k of bird'

Mokilko: kā̀wá 2 {f.) [JMkk]

Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: kaw, pl kawa

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'Perlhuhn; Perdrix Erkelii' Rein

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *koy-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'partridge'

Bilin: koya 'Perlhuhn' Rein

Mogogodo etymology :

Mogogodo: kɔkɔ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fowl'

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *kutt- ~ *ʔ/wak-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hen' 1, 'chicken' 2, 'fowl, chick' 3

Ometo: Wol kuttiyu 1, kuttuwa 2; Dawro kutwa 2, Zala kutta, Gamu, Dač̣e kutto 2, Bask kute (Lamb Wol 421)

Janjero (Yamma, Yemsa): akō 2

East Mao (Diddesa): wāke 3

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