Number: 1948
Proto-Semitic: *mVrr- 1, *myr ~ *mrmr 2
Meaning: hoe 1, to plow 2
Akkadian: marru 'spade, shovel' OB on (CAD m, 287; AHw, 612; acc. to both sources, from Sum. MAR; the Akk. term is commonly thought to be a loan in Syr. and Arb., Ibid.; however, the obviously related Amh. and Gur. as well as Ch. forms cannot be loans which confirms a Semitic origin of the Akk. marru to be therefore regarded as a source for the Sum. MAR), mayāru 'to plough without seeder; land ploughed with the m.-plough' SB on (CAD m, 120; AHw, 587)
Syrian Aramaic: marrā, maʔrā 'marra, pala ferrea vel ligo' (Brock., 400)
Arabic: marr- 'pelle en fer' (BK 2, 1083)
Amharic: märämmärä 'to dig'
Gurage: *mirämärä 'to plough a field for the third time' (LGur., 422; redupl.)
