Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Notes: Related to *nVḫur- 'snore'. Cf. *naḫ- 'saliva, phlegm'. Cf. HSED, 1839 *nah_Ur- (part of Sem.; Ghat, Hgr.); 1901 *nVh_or- 'to snore' (Sem.; WCh., ECh. "Derived from *nah_Ur- 'nose'")

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *naḥ-

Meaning: want

Egyptian: nḥy 'want' (MK)

Central Chadic: *naH- 'want'1, 'intention' 2

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *naḳ-

Meaning: be good

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ʔanaḳ- 'admire'

Central Chadic: *mi-naḳ- 'good'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nam-

Meaning: man

Western Chadic: Barang nyam 'person' [?SmSB] cf.'one'.

East Chadic: *nam-'woman' 1, 'people' 2

Saho-Afar: *num- 'man'

Low East Cushitic: *nam- 'man'

Omotic: *(ʔa-)nam- 'man' 1, 'son' 2

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nan-

Meaning: go, walk

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Berber: *nVn- 'go across'

Egyptian: nny 'go' (pyr)

Western Chadic: *nVn-'come'

Central Chadic: *nan-

Low East Cushitic: *nan- 'go round' 1, 'walk' 2

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nan-

Meaning: god

Egyptian: nn 'foregod [Urgott]' (gr)

Western Chadic: *nan- 'god'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *naniḳ/k- (?)

Meaning: plant

Semitic: *naniḳ- 'plant'

Egyptian: ỉnnk 'medicinal herb' (med)

Notes: Irregular correspondence of Sem *ḳ ~ Eg k. A loanword?

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

Meaning: intestines

Egyptian: npꜣ 'guts' (sarc)

Central Chadic: *nVf- 'soul' 1, 'heart' 2 , 'life' 3

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *napil-

Meaning: snake, worm

Semitic: *napil- 'caterpillar'

Egyptian: npn 'snake' (reg)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *naPVs-

Meaning: breathing

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *nVpVš 'to breathe', *nap(i)š- 'soul; vitality, life; person, personality; self'

Berber: *nVfas- 'breath' 1, 'breathe' 2

Western Chadic: *n/lu(m)fas- 'breathe'1, 'rest' 2

Central Chadic: *nafis- ~ *sifn- ~ *sVnf- 'soul' 1, 'breathe' 2

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *nVfVs- 'blow'

Saho-Afar: *nafVs- 'breathing'

Low East Cushitic: *nefs- 'breath' 1, 'breathe' 2

Notes: Borrowing from Arb in Brb, Ch and Cush as well as from Eth in Cush is possible. Cf. *nVsVp- 'blow, breathe'.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nasr-

Meaning: eagle, vulture

Semitic: *našr- 'eagle, vulture'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *naw-

Meaning: be tired

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Egyptian: nw 'weak' (MK) 'weak'

Western Chadic: *naʔVw/y- 'be tired' 1, 'tiredness' 2

East Chadic: *nawiy- 'rest but not relax' ~ *ʔyaniH- 'illness'

Notes: Any connection with *naw-/*nay- 'be bad'?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nawaS-

Meaning: wine, beer

Semitic: *naS- 'kind of beer'

Egyptian: wnš.t 'wine' (XIX)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *naw-/*nay-

Meaning: be bad

Egyptian: ny.t 'evil' (BD)

Western Chadic: *nyaw- 'bad'

East Chadic: *naaw- 'evil, terrible'