Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 2138

Proto-Semitic: *ḳa(w)ḥil- ~ *ʔVn-ḳulaliḥ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: egg

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ʔǝnḳulaliḥ.

. Strangely quoted in "Repertorio Italiano-Tigray" [Bass 1294], but not in the main corpus of the dictionary

Amharic: ǝnḳulal or ǝnḳʷǝlal [K 1215], ARG ǝnḳulal [LGur 70]

Gurage: END ǝnḳulä, CHA EŽA ENN GYE ǝnḳura [ibid.]

Mehri: ḳáwḥǝl 'eggs' [JM 227]

Jibbali: ḳɔḥlǝt '(hen's) egg' [JJ 143], ḳaḥéẑín (any bird's egg)' [ibid.]

Soqotri: ḳǝḥɛ́lhin [JM 227].

In [LS 369] quoted as ḳehélihen, pl. ḳahélehon (with a remark: "aussi avec ḥ")

Notes: Scarcely attested: ETH and MSA only, compared as metathetic roots.

Cf. MSA: MHR ḳǝlḥáyn [JM 230], JIB ḳiẑḥún [JJ 143] 'mussel', with a tenable meaning shift.

[LGur 70]: GUR forms meaning 'egg' united with those denoting 'testicles' and both compared to ARB (MGHR) ḳǝlwä 'testicles' and AMH ḳula and HAR kūr; [LS 369]: SOQ, MSA, GEZ (ʔanḳoḳḥo), AMH (ǝnḳʷǝlal)