Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 1724

Proto-Semitic: *ḳ(ʷ)alip-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: scale; shell; (hard) skin; foreskin (?); peel; bark of tree

Akkadian: ḳilpu 'skin, peel (of a fruit)' OB on [CAD ḳ 250], [AHw 921]; ḳuliptu 'scale, scaly skin (of a snake, fish)', tortoise shell; husk, rind, bark, peel' OB on [CAD ḳ 296], ḳulēptu do. [AHw 926]

Judaic Aramaic: ḳalp̄ā, ḳilp̄ā 'split parchment; scaly surface, scab; (pl.) scales' [Ja 1381]; ḳlph, det. ḳlpth 'scab' [Sok 495], ḳlpy, det. ḳlpyth do. [ibid.]

Syrian Aramaic: ḳǝlāpǝtā 'cortex, squama, putamen' [Brock 670]

Modern Aramaic: MAL ḳelfa 'Schale' [Berg 69] HRT ḳelpa 'Schale' [J Hert 196] NASS ḳalpa 'husk, peel, bark' [Tser 1085]

Mandaic Aramaic: ḳlapta, ḳlupta 'shell, carapace, hard casing, hard skin' [DM 413]

Arabic: ḳalafat-, ḳulfat- 'prépuce' [BK 2 805] (cf. ḳilf-, ḳalaf- 'circoncision' [ibid.]); ḳilf- 'écorce d'arbre; peau de la grenade' [ibid.]

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḳʷǝlfat 2

East Ethiopic: ZWY ḳǝlfi 'bark of tree' [LGur 476]

Mehri: ḳǝlēfūt 'bark of a tree' [JM 230]

Jibbali: ḳiẑifɔ́t 'dried bark of a tree' [JJ 145]

Harsusi: ḳelfēt

Soqotri: ḳalífoh 'écorce' [LS 376]

Notes: Anatomic meanings unseparable from non-anatomic ones (note that only 'bark of a tree' is preserved in ZWY and MSA).

The meaning 'foreskin, prepuce' attested in ARB and GEZ (cf. also SYR ḳǝlāpǝtā, for which the meaning 'foreskin' is given in [LGz 427] without reference, not to be found in [Brock] and [Payne-Smith]) is likely to be reconstructed as common SEM.

Note that HBR PB ḳäläp 'split parchment' [Ja 1381], with its cultural meaning only, must be a borrowing from ARM JUD, with its obvious meaning shift from the anatomic to the cultural term.

Cf. derived verbs in AKK ḳalāpu 'to peel, to skin' OA OB on [CAD ḳ 58], [AHw 893]; HBR PB ḳlp 'to scrape, peel, pare' [Ja 1381]; JUD ḳlp do. [ibid.], MND ḳlp 'to remove (outer skin), to shell, peel' [DM 413]; ARB ḳlf 'dépouiller d'écorce (un arbre); circoncire (un garc̣on)' [BK 2 805]; GEZ ḳʷalafa 'to peel, decorticate' [LGz 427] (one wonders whether labialization of ḳʷ- is due to -f-); MHR ḳǝlōf 'to peel (dried sardines); skin (the bark off a tree)' [JM 230], JIB ḳɔ́lɔ́f 'to skin, decorticate; to skin (a dried sardine before eating it)' [JJ 145].

Cf. *gilp-, No. .

[Holma 146]: AKK, HBR PB, JUD, SYR, ARB, GEZ; [LGz 427]: GEZ, ETH, ARB, SOQ, HBR, ARM, AKK; [LS 376]: SOQ, ARB, HBR PB, GEZ, AKK

Number: 1725

Proto-Semitic: *ḳʷirr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cold'

Hebrew: qor

Aramaic: qur-

Arabic: qurr-, qirr-

Geʕez (Ethiopian): qʷǝr

Tigre: ḳǝrur

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ḳʷärir adj.

Number: 1726

Proto-Semitic: *ḳVrVS-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cut into parts'

Akkadian: qarāsu

Arabic: qrš [-i-, -u-]

Notes: Cf. *ḳrṣ LGz 444

Number: 1727

Proto-Semitic: *ḳVṭVʕ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'finish, be finished' 1, 'be spent' 2

Akkadian: qatû 1

Arabic: qṭ` 2

Notes: Akk -t- < *-ṭ- because of the incompatibility of two emphatics.

Number: 1728

Proto-Semitic: *ḳubb-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cupola'

Akkadian: kūbu

Arabic: qubb-at-

Number: 1729

Proto-Semitic: *bVlug-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'shine' 1, 'dawn' (v.) 2

Hebrew: blg 1

Arabic: blg [-u-] 2

Number: 1730

Proto-Semitic: *bVlaʕ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'swallow' 1, 'eat' 2

Hebrew: blʕ 1

Aramaic: (Mand) bla 1

Arabic: blʕ [-a-] 1

Geʕez (Ethiopian): balʕa

Tigre: bälʕa 2

Tigrai (Tigriñña): bälʕe 2

Amharic: bälla 2

Mehri: bōla

Harsusi: bōla

Number: 1731

Proto-Semitic: *bāriḥ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hot wind'

Arabic: bāriḥ-

Notes: Based on *bar-?

Number: 1732

Proto-Semitic: *bVrVy-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'see, examine'

Akkadian: barû

Arabic: bry [-i-]

Jibbali: ebrer

Notes: Various triliteral derivatives of the original root.

Number: 1733

Proto-Semitic: *bariḳ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'lightning' 1, 'shine (of lightning)' 2

Akkadian: berqu, birqu 1

Ugaritic: brq 1

Hebrew: bārāq 1

Syrian Aramaic: barq- 1

Arabic: barq- 1

Epigraphic South Arabian: brq 1

Geʕez (Ethiopian): brq 2

Tigre: bärq 1

Tigrai (Tigriñña): bärqi 1

Amharic: bärräqä 2

Mehri: bōreq 1

Number: 1735

Proto-Semitic: *ʔa-brad-

Meaning: 'leopard'

Arabic: ʔabrad-

Notes: Secondary formation in Arab.

Number: 1736

Proto-Semitic: *bVt-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'go away' 1, 'go quickly' 2

Arabic: btt 1

Tigre: bättä 2

Number: 1737

Proto-Semitic: *bVwVl-

Meaning: 'urinate'

Arabic: bwl [-u-]

Number: 1738

Proto-Semitic: *bVrVʔ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cut, cut down'

Hebrew: brʔ

Arabic: brʔ

Notes: Based on original *bVr-. Cf. Gz brr 'pierce'.

Number: 1739

Proto-Semitic: *bi(n)t_̣a/ur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: clitoris, vagina

Akkadian: biṣṣūru 'female genitals' OB, SB [CAD b 268], [AHw 131] (-ṣṣ- may point to *-nṣ-)

Arabic: bund_̣ur-, baid_̣ar-, bad_̣r-, bad_̣ar- 'clitoris' [BK 1 139].

The often cited form baḍr- do. ([AHw], [Holma] above) is not attested in [BK]

Notes: Reliable, though attested only in AKK and ARB.

Note a variety of forms in ARB.

[DRS 61], [AHw 131], [Holma 101]: AKK, ARB

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