Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 2120

Proto-Semitic: *kar(i)ŝ- ~ *kirŝ- {}

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: belly, stomach, uterus

Akkadian: karšu, karašu 'belly, intestines' OA, OB, SB [CAD k 223], [AHw 450]

Eblaitic: (?) gàr-su-um, gàr-su /kars^yum/ [Kr 22; Bl E 53]

Ugaritic: krs 'belly, intestines' (?).

Meaning unreliable, see [Aist 157], [Del Olmo 568] (not in [DLU]). Unexplained -s instead of the expected š

Hebrew: *kārēŝ (suff. kǝrēŝō) 'belly' [KB 500]

Judaic Aramaic: karsā, kǝrēsā (<*karis-, from HBR ?) 'stomach, belly, womb' [Ja 672]; krs, det. krsh, krysh 'stomach' [Sok 270]

Syrian Aramaic: karsā 'venter, uterus' [Brock 347]

Modern Aramaic: HRT karsa 'Bauch' [J Hert 190] NASS kīsä 'belly' [Tser 0144] MMND kars, emph. karsa 'belly, stomach, uterus' [M MND 493, 521, 524] AZR kasa 'abdomen, belly, stomach' [Garb 314]

Mandaic Aramaic: karsa 'belly, stomach, womb' [DM 201]

Arabic: kariš-, kirš- 'ventricule, estomac, ventre, utérus' [BK 2 885]

Geʕez (Ethiopian): karŝ 'belly, stomach, abdomen' [LGz 294]

Tigre: kärsät 'belly, stomach' [LH 399]

Tigrai (Tigriñña): kärsi 'ventre, seno' [Bass 591]

Amharic: kärs 'belly, stomach' [K 1388]

Harari: kärsi 'abdomen, belly' [LHar 94]

Gurage: SOD kärs, ENN END käs do. [LGur 351]

Mehri: kīrǝŝ, pl. kīrēŝ, dim. kǝrŝɛnūt 'belly; calf; biceps' [JM 214]

Jibbali: s̃irŝ, pl. ekrɛ́ŝ 'belly' [JJ 135]; cf. JIB šurŝ in [JH 70] and kɔ́rŝɔ́t in [SSL 2 223]

Harsusi: kēreŝ 'belly' [JH 70]

Soqotri: šéreŝ 'estomac' [LS 423], [SSL LS 1461]

Notes: Note a current meaning shift in TGR kärǝs 'inside' [LH 399] and GUR examples, which are, according to Leslau [LGur 354], perhaps to be identified with the present root with metathesis: END kässǝr 'inside, within, interior' [LGur I 204] and ENN käsǝr 'interior, within' [ibid. 324].

[Fron 47] (*kariŝ- 'ventre' /GEZ,ARB,SYR,HBR,AKK/); [Holma 74]: AKK, HBR, SYR, ARB, GEZ, MND; [KB 500]: HBR, ARM, UGR, ARB, GEZ, TGR, AKK, SOQ; [Brock 347]: SYR, ARM, HBR, AKK, GEZ; [LGz 294]: GEZ, ETH, ARB, ARM, JIB, HBR, AKK; [LS 423]: SOQ, ARB, HBR, GEZ, AKK