Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *naw/yl/r-

Meaning: stone

Semitic: *nawr- ~ *narw- 'stone monument' 1, 'boundary stone' 2, 'chalk' 3

Egyptian: ỉnr (a)

Western Chadic: *laHar-/*laar 'rock' 1, ' stone'2, 'boulder' 3, 'hailstone' 4

Omotic: *nVyal- 'stone'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *naw/yn-

Meaning: night

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Egyptian: nn (gr) 'night'

Western Chadic: *nwan- 'shadow'

East Chadic: *ʔi-nyan- 'night'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nayal-

Meaning: a wild hoofed animal

Semitic: *nayal- 'antelope'

Egyptian: *nVyl 'stone goat'

Low East Cushitic: *nayl- 'lamb' (?)

Notes: EDE I, 80 (Akk, Tgr; Eg nyꜣ.w); Bl. Beja 21 (Akk, Tgr; Eg)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nayaw-

Meaning: vessel

Semitic: *niway- 'vessel'

Egyptian: nyw 'pot' (med), nw (n)

East Chadic: *naHay- 'mug'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nayk-

Meaning: punish

Egyptian: nyk 'punish' (pyr)

Central Chadic: *nyak- 'punish'

Notes: Cf. ECh *nik- 'disobey': Mkk nīke.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nay/wVd-

Meaning: go, walk

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *nid- 'go fast' 1, 'run (away)' 2, 'move away' 3

Berber: *nVyVd- 'walk'

Egyptian: nwd 'move' (med)

Western Chadic: *nVdVw- 'go' 1, 'come' 2, 'enter' 3 ,'go away' 4

Central Chadic: *nadVw- 'come'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *naʒil- ~ *ʒalan- ~ *lanVʒ- (?)

Meaning: stranger; friend

Semitic: *nazīl- 'stranger, foreigner'

Western Chadic: *ʒalaŋ 'friend (of a girl), brave young man' (?)

Central Chadic: *za/il- 'man'

East Chadic: *lanVʒ- 'friend' (< *lang-?) (?)

Notes: Scarce data. Metathesis.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nāc̣(y)-

Meaning: feathers, plumage

Semitic: *nāṣ(y)- 'feathers, plumage'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *neʔul-

Meaning: moisten

Semitic: *nVʔVl- 'moisten'

East Chadic: *nVy/wal- 'rain' (v.) 1, 'flow' 2, 'pour (rain through the roof)' 3

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ngl (Arb.) 1 (> Sem. *mi/a-ngal- 2 ~ *nVgi/ula(-t)- (Ch.) 2

Meaning: to reap 1, sickle 2

Semitic: *ngl 1, *mi/a-ngal- 2

Western Chadic: *nVgal-at- 'sickle'

Central Chadic: *nVgi/ul(-at)- 'sickle, knife'

East Chadic: *ʔa-ngul- 'sickle'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *niʕar-

Meaning: prick, be sharp

Semitic: *nVʕar- 'prick, knock'; cf. Akk. nēru 'kill'

Western Chadic: *niyar- < *niHar- 'spear' 1, 'needle' 2

East Chadic: *nyar- < *niHar- 'sharp'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nib- (?)

Meaning: heart

Central Chadic: *nib- 'heart'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): Bil nabakā́ (R 280), De Qw nabê 'mitte'

Omotic: *nib- 'heart'

Notes: Cf. also WCh Zar nàḅi 'left'. Scarce data. Probably not a separate root, but two independent variants of *lib(b)- id.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nibuč-

Meaning: dig

Semitic: *nVbut_- 'dig out'

Western Chadic: *bičVn- 'bury'

Notes: The alternative reconstruction is *bičun-.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nig(ʕ)-

Meaning: break, strike

Semitic: *nVgVʕ- 'strike, crack'

Egyptian: nd_ (OK) 'grind' ~ ngy 'break' (NK)

Central Chadic: *ngay 'break' 1, 'break a pot' 2

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nihar-

Meaning: flow

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *nVhar- 'flow'

East Chadic: *nyar- < *niHar- 'flow slowly'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *niḥas- (?)

Meaning: snake

Semitic: *naḥaš- 'snake'

Western Chadic: *niHas- 'python'

Low East Cushitic: *yaḥas- 'crockodile' - cf.

Notes: Scarce data. < *n/y-ḥas-?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ni(h)nay-

Meaning: (elder) relative

Semitic: *nin(h)- 'elder brother' 1, 'master, lord' 2

Western Chadic: *nihan- 'in-law (masc.)' 1, 'brother' 2

East Chadic: *nVHVn- 'mother's brother, uncle'

Omotic: *naynay- 'relative' 1, nephew' 2, 'brother' 3

Notes: Cf. Eg nn 'foregod [Urgott]' (gr); WCh *nan- 'god': Sura nān, Ang nen, Mnt nān, Ank nān, Mpn nān.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ni/uḳ-

Meaning: suck

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *yVnVḳ- 'suck'

Egyptian: snḳ 'suck' (pyr)

Western Chadic: *nVḳ- 'lick'

Central Chadic: *nik- (<*niḳ?) 'lick'

Dahalo (Sanye): nuuḳ- 'suck beer through a straw'

Notes: Cf. LEC *nug- 'suck': Arb nuug-. Cf. Bla Review 507.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nim-

Meaning: vessel

Semitic: *ʔinim- 'goblet'

Egyptian: nm 'vessel' (NK)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nin-

Meaning: food

Egyptian: nn (n) 'kind of food'

Western Chadic: *nin- 'food'