Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 2115

Proto-Semitic: *kanap-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: wing

Akkadian: kappu (also 'quill, plumage, frond') OB on [CAD k 185], [AHw 444].

Formally not distinguished from kappu 'arm, hand' (see *kapp- 'hand', No. )

Ugaritic: knp [DLU 220] /kanapu ?/ [Huehner 138].

See also mknpt 'Spannweite der Flügel' [Aist 152]

Hebrew: kānāp [KB 486]

Judaic Aramaic: kǝnap (kanpā) (also 'lap') [Ja 651]

Syrian Aramaic: kenpā [Brock 334]

Modern Aramaic: GZR kanáfta 'wing' [Nak 77] AZR kpana 'shoulder' [Garb 315]

Mandaic Aramaic: kanpa 'wing, side, arm' [DM 199, 77].

The meaning 'arm' is likely accounted for by contamination with *kapp- 'hand' (No. )

Arabic: kanaf- 'aile (d'un oiseau)' [BK 2 936]

Geʕez (Ethiopian): kǝnf 'wing; fin (of fish); branch of tree; border (of garment, land)' [LGz 287]

Tigre: kǝnf [LH 418]

Tigrai (Tigriñña): kǝnfi [Bass 608]

Amharic: kǝnf [K 14445]

East Ethiopic: WOL ZWY kǝf [LGur 345]

Gurage: MUH MSQ GOG kanfa, SOD kǝnf [LGur 345]

Notes: Note ETH ǝ instead of the expected a attested, however, in part of the GUR forms.

There is also *kan(a)p- 'side', likely related to, or derived from, the present root, though homonymy is not to be excluded: ARM SML OFF knp 'skirt of a garment' [HJ 519], SYR kenpā 'margo' [Brock 334], MND kanpa 'side' [DM 199, 77]; ARB kanaf- 'сôté' [BK 2 936]; ESA: SAB knf 'border, side' [SD 78], QAT knf 'edge, border, side' [Ricks 86]; GEZ kǝnf 'border (of garment, land)', kanfif 'border, limit' [LGz 287]; SOQ kaf 'côté' [LS 222] (less likely from *kapp- 'palm, flap of hand or foot', No. ).

Cf. *gapp-, *ʔa-gapp- 'wing'.

[Fron 49] (*kanap- 'ala' /GEZ,ARB,SYR,HBR,UGR,AKK/); [Holma 144]: AKK, HBR, ARB, SYR, GEZ; [DLU 220]: UGR, ARB, SAB, GEZ, HBR, SYR, AKK; [KB 486]: HBR, ARM, UGR, GEZ, TGR, ARB, ESA, AKK; [Brock 334]: SYR, ARM, HBR, ARB, GEZ, AKK; [LGz 287]: GEZ, ETH, HBR, ARM, ARB, UGR, AKK