Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *biʒ-

Meaning: sun, day

Egyptian: bzy 'Sun-god' (reg)

Central Chadic: *byaʒ- 'day'

Low East Cushitic: BAY barāǯ-a 'star' (hardly unrel. to *beʒ/ǯ-; with -r- inserted? Cf. also NOmot: Dokka bɛrse id.)

High East Cushitic: SID bedd-akko 'star'<*beʒ/ǯ- (cf. Kambatta bezze, BRJ biz-iiḳo 'small star')

Omotic: DIZ bī́z, DIM bez 'star'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *biʒar-

Meaning: corn

Semitic: *bizr- 'seed' 1, 'peppers' 2

Western Chadic: *baʒar- 'corn' (?)

Central Chadic: *buʒal- (<*buʒar- ?) (?)

East Chadic: *buʒ- 'seed' (?)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *b/pi(n)č̣ur- ?

Meaning: pudenda

Semitic: *bi(n)t_̣a/ur- 'clitoris, vagina'

Central Chadic: *[b]ič̣Vr- > *ḅičVr- (met.of emph.)/*pičVr- (assim.) > čVPVr- 'testicles'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *boḥ-

Meaning: middle

Semitic: *buḥbuḥ- 'middle'

Western Chadic: *bwaHi- 'heart'

Central Chadic: *bwah- 'middle'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *buʕun-

Meaning: rain, sky

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Egyptian: bʕn 'sky waters' (pyr)

Western Chadic: *fiwan- < *fiHʷan- (or < *bHn)- 'rain'

Central Chadic: *bun-/*Pan-H 'rain' 1, 'cloud' 2

East Chadic: *bun-H- 'God of the rain' 1, 'sky' 2, 'God'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bubuk-

Meaning: earth, dust

Western Chadic: *bubuk- 'dust'

Low East Cushitic: *bubbuk- 'swampy place'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *buč-

Meaning: (feminine) pudenda

Semitic: *bu(h)t_- 'shame', *b(h)t_ 'be ashamed'

Berber: *buč- 'vagina' 1, 'penis' 2

Beḍauye (Beja): bus 'podex, croupe'

Saho-Afar: *bus- 'vulva'

High East Cushitic: *bis(s)- 'vagina'

Omotic: *bos- 'vulva'

Notes: Semantic shift in Sem.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *buc̣al-

Meaning: plant

Semitic: *baṣal- 'onion'

Western Chadic: *ḅucal- < *buc̣al- 'kind of grass (growing near water)'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bud(VH)-

Meaning: stick

Semitic: *bad(d)- 'pole, stick, beam'

Berber: *budid- 'pole of a hut'

Central Chadic: *bV-bVḍ- (< *bVdVH-) 'digging stick'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *buḫ-

Meaning: give birth

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Egyptian: bh_ 'give birth' (NK)

Western Chadic: *bwaH- 'give birth'

Central Chadic: *mV-buh- 'give birth'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *buhar-

Meaning: shine

Semitic: *bVhar- 'be clear, shine'

Western Chadic: *buHVr- 'shine'

Central Chadic: *buHar- 'shine'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *buḳ-

Meaning: rot, be rotten

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *bVḳ- 'rot'

Western Chadic: *ḅwak- < *bwaḳ- 'suppurate, fester' 1, 'rot' 2

Central Chadic: *buk- 'decay'

High East Cushitic: *buḳ- 'rot'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bu/at-

Meaning: vessel

Semitic: *batt- 'bottle'

Western Chadic: *buHat- 'gourd bottle'

Central Chadic: *b/pVt- 'cooking pot' 1,'large water pot'

Saho-Afar: *but- 'pot'

High East Cushitic: *bot- 'big jar'

Omotic: *bat-/*bot- 'gourd, calabash'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bul-

Meaning: hut, village

Central Chadic: *bul- 'village' 1, 'yard' 2

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *ʔa-bVl- 'tent'

Saho-Afar: *bul- 'village, town' (?)

Low East Cushitic: *bul- 'hut'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bul-

Meaning: dove

Semitic: *bull- 'dove, turtle'

Egyptian: bn 'kind of bird' (pyr), bnw 'phoenix' (BD)

Western Chadic: *(m)bul-/*bV(l)Vl- 'dove'

Central Chadic: *mV-bwal- 'turtle-dove'

East Chadic: *bVl(l)- 'bird' 1, 'dove' 2

Low East Cushitic: *bulal- 'dove'

Notes: Secondary formation with an inlaut laryngeal in Chadic. Cf. Dolg ND 197 (Oromo, Ch. and Eg.)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bun-

Meaning: hole

Western Chadic: *bun- 'spring'

East Chadic: *bun- 'hole in the ground'

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

Meaning: monkey

Egyptian: bnw 'baboon' (BD)

Western Chadic: *buni- 'baboon'

Central Chadic: *buni- 'monkey'

Notes: Scarce and unreliable data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bur-

Meaning: penis

Semitic: *ʔi(-)bar-(at-) 'membrum virile'

Egyptian: bꜣꜣw 'potency' (MK)

Western Chadic: *bur- 'penis'

Low East Cushitic: *bury- 'foreskin'

Notes: Eg. and Som. are semantically questionable. Cf. HSED, 339: Eg.; Hs., Bura

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bur-

Meaning: dry land, sand, dust

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *barr- 'empty place' 1, 'field' 2, '(dry) land' 3, 'region' 4

Western Chadic: *buHVr- 'sand' 1, 'dust' 2

Central Chadic: *bur- 'sand' 1, 'dust' 2

East Chadic: *bar-H- 'field'

Saho-Afar: *bur- 'sand'

Low East Cushitic: *bur- 'dune' 1, 'earth' 2

Dahalo (Sanye): ḅur-une 'dust'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bur-

Meaning: boil

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Berber: *HabVr- 'boil'

Egyptian: brbr 'boil' (n)

Central Chadic: *mV-bur- 'boil'