Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *saman-

Meaning: be still, sit

Egyptian: smn 'remain still' (XVIII)

Central Chadic: *saman- 'sit down' 1, 's'installer' 2

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *samay-

Meaning: sky

Semitic: *šamāʔ/y- 'sky'

Notes: Cf. Eg sym (sarc) 'fog', otherwise <*čVm- 'fog, rain'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sa(m)bir-

Meaning: bird

Berber: *sVbibir- 'butterfly; small bird' (?)

Western Chadic: *sabir- 'kind of bird'

East Chadic: *sabir- 'guinea fowl'

Beḍauye (Beja): šambar 'pelican'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *samp/f-

Meaning: basket

Semitic: *šapp- 'basket'

Western Chadic: *samf- 'basket made of grass'

Low East Cushitic: *sumf- 'basket'

High East Cushitic: *samf- 'basket made of grass'

Notes: Cf. also CCh 'basket' *ʒamf- (Masa zamfa) with an unexpected *ʒ-.

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

Meaning: insect

Semitic: *šumšum- 'red ant'

East Chadic: *samsam- 'flea'

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *san-

Meaning: year

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *šan- 'year'

Western Chadic: *wa-sun- 'year' 1, 'rainy season' 2

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *san-aw-

Meaning: shine, day

Semitic: *šanaw- 'shine'

Western Chadic: *(wa-)san- 'morning' 1, 'bright, clear' 2

East Chadic: *san-H- 'morning'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *saniʔ-

Meaning: go, run

Semitic: *šVnVʔ- 'trot' (v.)

Western Chadic: *san-H- 'go out'

Low East Cushitic: *seHen- < *saHin- 'enter'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *saq-

Meaning: yard, house

Semitic: *ʔašaḫ- 'barn'

Berber: *sVk- 'build'

Egyptian: wsḫ.t (pyr) 'hall', sḫ.w (AE) 'wide space, yard'

Western Chadic: *soɣ- 'house'

East Chadic: *čok- 'barn' (?)

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

Meaning: knife

Egyptian: sḫm (gr) 'sword'

Western Chadic: *sakam- 'large knife, sword' (<Eg?)

Notes: Der. <*siḫ- 'knife'? Scarce data. Phonetics unclear.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sar-

Meaning: (lower) back; tail; back, below

Semitic: *š/sar- 'vertebral column, backbone; back; behind, back, after'

Egyptian: sꜣ (pyr) 'back', wsr-t (pyr) 'neck'

Western Chadic: *sar- 'middle of back'

Central Chadic: *sar- 'waist'

Beḍauye (Beja): sára 'back'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *sVr- 'back' 1, lower part 2

Saho-Afar: *sarr- 'tail; backside' 1, 'back, rear' 2

High East Cushitic: *sar- 'tail'

South Cushitic: *sir- 'buttocks'

Dahalo (Sanye): sáre 'lower back, meat above buttock'

Mogogodo (Yaaku): sɛ̀rɛy 'below, down'

Notes: Cf. EDE I 58-59.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sar-/*sayar-

Meaning: go

Semitic: *šVyVr- 'go'

Western Chadic: *s(w)ar- 'go'

East Chadic: *sar- 'arrive' 1,'go' 2

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sasug-

Meaning: tree

Semitic: *šašūg- 'fruit tree'

Egyptian: ssd_ (pyr) 'wood'

Central Chadic: *sVgw- 'firewood'

Low East Cushitic: *sogsog-

Notes: Partial reduplication of *sog- 'tree, wood'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sataw-/*satay-

Meaning: drink

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *šVtVy- 'drink'

Central Chadic: *sawat- 'be, make thirsty' 1, 'drink' 2

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *saṭiʕ-

Meaning: morning, dawn

Semitic: *šaṭīʕ- 'dawn'

Western Chadic: *saṭ- 'morning'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *saw-

Meaning: fire; burn

Egyptian: nsw.t (ME)

East Chadic: *saw-

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *Saw- ??

Meaning: feather

Egyptian: šw.t (pyr) 'feather'

Western Chadic: *saw- 'feather'

Notes: Unreliable. Irregular correspondences.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sawad-

Meaning: be black, dirty

Semitic: *šVwad- 'be black'

Central Chadic: *swaḍ- 'dirt' 1, 'faeces' 2

East Chadic: *swaḍ- 'faeces'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sawaḫ/ḥ-

Meaning: bowl, basin

Semitic: *šāḫ- 'washing basin'

Egyptian: swḥ.t 'bowl' (MK)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sa(w/yV)ḥ-

Meaning: wind

Semitic: *šaḥ(aḥ)- 'wind' 1, 'air, atmosphere' 2

Egyptian: swḥ 'wind' (XXII)

Western Chadic: *sya 'wind'

Central Chadic: *siʔ- 'wind'