Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *pVtuḳ-

Meaning: split, cut

Semitic: *pVtuḳ- 'break, split, separate'

Berber: *fVtVk- 'open' 1, 'cut' 2 (?)

Central Chadic: *pVtwak- 'pierce'

Low East Cushitic: *fotoḳ- 'chip' (v.)

Notes: Note Berb. *-k instead of *-ḳ.

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

Meaning: cord, plaited clothes

Semitic: *patil- 'wick' 1, 'kind of cord' 2

Central Chadic: *pital- 'man's clothes'

Notes: Scarce data. Semantically unreliable.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *pVṭVs-

Meaning: flatten

Semitic: *pVṭiš- 'flatten, forge' 1, 'hammer' 2

Egyptian: pds 'make flat, trample down' (OK)

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *pVyaʒ-

Meaning: mouse, rat

Semitic: *pVyaz- 'mouse'

Western Chadic: *fwayaS- 'rat'

Central Chadic: *ma-payas- 'rat' (?)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ṗil(ʔ)- ~ *ṗulṗul-

Meaning: egg

Semitic: *pVlw/y- 'egg'

Western Chadic: Ngamo ḅila 'egg' Kr 1971 274 (EDE)

Central Chadic: Banana bo_̀lo_́ʔá 'Eischale' Lukas 1937 135 (EDE)

High East Cushitic: Burji bulbul-ḗ, bubul-ḗ 'egg' (EDE)

Mogogodo (Yaaku): bolbŏlîʔ 'egg' EDE

Omotic: *(ḅu)ḅūl- 'egg' EDE

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ṗilaḳ-

Meaning: axe, knife

Semitic: *ṗilaḳ- 'dagger' 1, 'axe, hoe' 2, 'marble' 3, 'limestone' 4

Berber: *bVlaḳ- 'sword'

Western Chadic: *bVlak- 'stone used in beating rope to soften it'

Central Chadic: *palak- 'stone'

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ṗir- (?)

Meaning: mouse, rat

Semitic: *paʔr- ~ *birr- 'mouse'

Berber: *bVr(r)- 'pole-cat'

Western Chadic: *ḅīr- 'mouse, rat' 1, 'shrew-mouse' 2

East Chadic: *byar- 'mouse, rat'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ṗVlaḫ- ~ *ṗaḫal- (?)

Meaning: break through, split

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ṗVlVḫ- 'split'

Egyptian: pḫꜣ (<*pVḫVl-?) 'split, break through' (MK)

Western Chadic: *ṗa(H)al- 'snap, break' 1, 'strike' 2, 'break' 3

Central Chadic: *pal- 'break stone' 1, 'break stick ' 2

East Chadic: *palVw- 'break'

Notes: *ṗ is possible unless Sem *plḫ (> Arb. flḫ) 'to cultivate' is related.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ṗVrɣVč-

Meaning: flea, grasshopper

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ṗVrɣVt_- ~ *ṗVrt_Vɣ- 'flea'

Berber: *burɣVs- 'grasshopper'

Central Chadic: *mV-bVrguč- 'louse'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *qafVʕ-

Meaning: hold

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ḫVpw/y- 'pack'

Egyptian: ḫfʕ 'catch, grasp, pack' (pyr)

Western Chadic: *k/gaf- 'grasp, seize'1, 'tongs' 2

Dahalo (Sanye): ḥap- 'snatch quickly'

Notes: In Sem, ḥ and ʕ are incompatible.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *qapuĉ- (?)

Meaning: foreleg, shoulder

Egyptian: ḫpš 'foreleg; strong arm; strength, power' (MK)

Western Chadic: *qapuĉ- 'shoulder' ~ *pVHaĉ- 'calf of leg'

Central Chadic: *Hapaŝ- 'shoulder'

Notes: Scarce data. Phonetics obscure.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *qawʔ-

Meaning: mix

Egyptian: h_ꜣw 'mix' (med)

Western Chadic: *gVw- 'mix'

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

Meaning: hole

Semitic: *ḫVwVy- ~ *ḫawḫ- 'hole, aperture'

Egyptian: ḫ.t (gr) 'pit'

Central Chadic: *kaʔ- 'hole' (?)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *qirim-

Meaning: separate, divide

Semitic: *ḫVrim- 'separate, isolate' 1, 'pierce' 2

Western Chadic: *qirVm- 'wound with a spear'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *quʔab- (?)

Meaning: knife, sickle

Berber: *ta-kub-a 'sword'

Egyptian: h_ꜣb 'sickle' (BD) (?)

Western Chadic: *quHab- 'sword'1, 'knife' 2

East Chadic: *kub- 'broad sword, cutlass'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *qurap-

Meaning: beat

Semitic: *ḫVrVp- 'strike back'

Egyptian: ḫrp 'k. of rod, warder, staff'

Western Chadic: *kurVp- 'whipping'

Central Chadic: *k/qurVp- 'leather whip' 1, 'stick, lash, whip' 2

East Chadic: *karap- 'kick, trample'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *quʒ-

Meaning: be angry

Egyptian: h_zy 'angry' (MK)

Western Chadic: *quʒ- 'be angry'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *qVbVʔ-

Meaning: break, destroy, kill

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Egyptian: ḫbꜣ 'destroy' (pyr), ḫb, ḫbḫb 'kill' (gr)

Western Chadic: *qV(HV)b- 'split or crack (wall preparatory to falling)' 1, 'break' 2, 'slaughter, cut' 3

Dahalo (Sanye): baḥ 'kill' (met.?)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *qVm-

Meaning: gather, join

Semitic: *ḫVm- 'gather'

Western Chadic: *qwam- 'join'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *qVŝ/ĉ-

Meaning: rub, pound

Semitic: *ḫVĉ/ŝ- 'crush, pound'

Western Chadic: *kiŝ/l- 'thresh'

Central Chadic: *k/haẑ- 'thresh (corn)' 1, 'grind' 2

Beḍauye (Beja): -hasi- 'rub'

Saho-Afar: *ḥes- 'rub, pound'

High East Cushitic: *has- 'rub'

South Cushitic: *ḫiŝ-