Number: 2462
Proto-Semitic: *ḳʷird/ṭ(aʕ)- ~ *ṭariḳay- ~ *ṭaḳur(ay)-
Meaning: mite, tick; wasp
Judaic Aramaic: ḳardā 'abdominal pain caused by a parasitic worm' [Ja. 1412]; ṭǝrīḳayyā 'a sort of wasps' [ibid. 554] (cf. [Levy WT I 322]).
Syrian Aramaic: ḳerdā 'ricinus' [Brock. 693], [PS 3730] ('animaliculum oves, boves etc. infestans').
Arabic: ḳurd- 'teigne qui attaque les chevaux, les chameaux; ver qui se met dans les cuirs, dans les peaux, et les ronge' [BK 2 709], [LA 1956 14 348]; ḳirda/iʕ- 'louse (living on camels and hens)', ḳarṭaʕ-, ḳirṭiʕ- id., ḳurdūʕ- 'small ant'
Tigre: ḳʷärʔǝd 'tick' [Rein Bil 242]
Tigrai (Tigriñña): ḳʷärʔǝdǝt 'tick' [Rein Bil 242]; ṭäḳäray 'specie di mosca che fa un miele molto ricerca- to; ordinariamente mielifica nelle spaccature delle euforbie' [Bass. 907] (note also ṭǝrḳä 'bees living in an inaccessible cave' [K Tna 2427])
Amharic: ṭǝḳur (in ṭǝḳur ǝnziz) 'hornet' [K 1228].
