Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Notes: Note *gVrḍ- in Brb and CCh (shift of emphatization?). Cf. WCh *ḳirʒ- 'chest' (Hs ḳirǯi, pl. ḳiraza; Gwan giriǯi); cf. also Om *ḳirṭ- (Kachama qirṭa 'mammella' Con Ross) in Bla Review 503. Cf. *gʷar(i)d- 'neck, throat' (207).

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳar-tum-

Meaning: fish

Semitic: *ḳarmūṭ- 'sheat-fish' (met.?) (?)

Low East Cushitic: *ḳur-tum-

High East Cushitic: *ḳVr-tum-

Notes: Composed from *ḳar- 'fish' and *tum- id.? Cf. *q̇ar- 'k. of fish'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳarVʔ-

Meaning: shout

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ḳVrVʔ- 'call, shout' 1, 'read' 2

Berber: *ḳarr 'say'

Western Chadic: *ḳaHar- 'exclaiming, crying out, a sound'

Central Chadic: kwar- 'speak'1, 'voice' 2

Low East Cushitic: *ḳor- 'examine, question', *ḳorḳor- 'ask'

High East Cushitic: *ḳor- 'ask (in investigation)'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳasʕ-

Meaning: dog, wolf, hyena

Semitic: *ḳaŝʕ- 'hyena, wolf'

Berber: *ḳVsi 'wolf'

Omotic: *ḳaski 'dog'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳaṭ-/*ḳuṭ-

Meaning: cut, break

Semitic: *ḳʷVṭ- 'cut' 1, 'cut grass' 2

Low East Cushitic: *ḳat- < *ḳaṭ- 'circumcise'

South Cushitic: *ḳat- 'circumcise'

Dahalo (Sanye): ḳaaṭ-aad- 'divide'

Omotic: *ḳuṭ- 'cut'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳa(wa)l-

Meaning: speak

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ḳVwVl- 'speak; voice'

Western Chadic: *ḳwal-

Central Chadic: *kilakw- 'words, speech'

East Chadic: *ḳVwal- 'speak' 1, 'call' 2, 'cry' 3, 'words, speech' 4

Saho-Afar: *ḳal- 'say, think'

Low East Cushitic: *ḳa[w]al- 'word'

Notes: The original biconsonantal root structure is preserved in SA.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳawat-

Meaning: food

Semitic: *ḳawt- 'food'

Western Chadic: *kuṭ- 'flour' 1, 'guinea-corn' 2, 'k of food made of ground nuts', 'prepare soup' 4

Central Chadic: *kwat-'food'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳaway-

Meaning: nail, claw

Western Chadic: *ḳaway- 'finger-nail'

East Chadic: *kawak- 'claw'

Warazi (Dullay): *ḳoy- < *ḳaway- 'claw'

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

Meaning: egg

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

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *ʔVn-ḳwalal- 'egg'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳaw(ḳ)-

Meaning: bark of tree

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Egyptian: ḳḳ 'peel', ḳk.ty 'bark' (gr)

Western Chadic: *(ʔa-)ḳuḳ- 'bark' 1 , 'empty shell of seed' 2, 'skin' 3

Low East Cushitic: Mossiya ḳoʔa 'bark'

Warazi (Dullay): Tsamai ḳaḳe SLLE, qaqqatte ST, Ḍopasunte q'aaq'-ičče, Gollango qóoq-e (Bla Om) 'bark'

Omotic: Ong ʔaqata 'bark', Mao ḳóḳíšê, Shin ḳooḳ-ra, Moča óqqo id.

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳawḳ-

Meaning: partridge, francolin

Semitic: *ḳawḳay- 'partridge'

Beḍauye (Beja): kook. pl. kak 'francolin' (<Amh?)

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *ḳoḳ- 'francolin' (<Amh?)

Saho-Afar: *ḳoḳaʕ- 'francolin' (<Eth?)

Notes: Cf. LGz 438 (Sem; Cush); Bla Beja 15 (Beḍ; Agaw; Saho; Eth, Syr). Probably identical with *(ʔa-)ḳʷay- 'k. of bird (of prey?)'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳa(w)s- ~ *ḳis-

Meaning: bow and arrow

Semitic: *ḳa(w)š- 'bow'

Egyptian: ḳꜣs (pyr) 'cord; bind', (MK) 'string a bow'

Central Chadic: *kis- 'bow' 1, 'arrow' 2

East Chadic: *kis- 'bow' 1, 'arrow' 2

South Cushitic: *ḳas- 'arrow'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳayac̣-

Meaning: end, finish

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ḳVyVṣ- 'end, finish' (n.) 1, '(road) to end, finish', 'end, end of a road' 3

Western Chadic: *kyac- 'end, finish'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳayč̣-

Meaning: summer

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ḳayt_̣- 'summer', *ḳVyVt_̣ 'be hot'

Western Chadic: (?) *ḳič̣- 'summer'

East Chadic: *kuč̣a 'warm' 1, 'fever' 2

Omotic: *ḳič̣- 'be hot, be warm'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳayVʔ-

Meaning: house, village

Western Chadic: *ḳawVy- 'village'

Central Chadic: *kyay- 'house' 1, 'compound' 2

Low East Cushitic: *ḳeʔ- 'house'

Omotic: *ḳeʔ- 'house'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳiḥ-

Meaning: moon

Semitic: *ḳḥ 'light red, rose'

Egyptian: ḳḥy 'moon'(BD)

Central Chadic: *kiy- 'moon'

East Chadic: *kway- 'moon'