Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 2720

Proto-Semitic: *ḥašaw/y-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: sand 1, earth 2

Tigrai (Tigriñña): +

Amharic: aššäwa 1

Argobba: hašawa 1

East Ethiopic: Wol ašawa 1

Jibbali: ḥaši 'soil'

Harsusi: ḥōhi 2

Soqotri: ḥohi 2

Number: 2721

Proto-Semitic: *ḳaʕ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: earth

Arabic: ḳāʕ- (ḳwʕ) 'plaine, terrain plat; terraine bas où l'eau demeure stagnante' BK 2 835

Mehri: ḳāʕ

Harsusi: ḳā 'land, ground'

Number: 2722

Proto-Semitic: *ʕVyy-at-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'suckling lamb'

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ʕǝyyät 'suckling lamb' [K Tna 1912]

Number: 2723

Proto-Semitic: *dumm-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: hornless cow

Number: 2724

Proto-Semitic: *wakar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: fox

Tigrai (Tigriñña): wäkaru, wäkarya 'fox' K 1766

Number: 2725

Proto-Semitic: *nūn-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: fish

Akkadian: nūn- OB on CAD N 336

Hebrew: nūn HAL 681

Judaic Aramaic: nūn

Syrian Aramaic: nūn

Arabic: nūn-at- un gros poisson BK 2 1373

Number: 2726

Proto-Semitic: *dāg-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: (large) fish

Ugaritic: dg

Hebrew: dāg (and dāʔg) HAL 213, MHbr. 'large fish'

Number: 2727

Proto-Semitic: *rībāl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: lion (wolf)

Arabic: rībāl- 'lion; féroce, rapace (loup)' BK 1 813

Number: 3000

Proto-Semitic: *ḳit-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'measure' 1, 'all' 2

Tigrai (Tigriñña): (?) qǝṭʕi 'rule, system'

Amharic: (?) qǝṭ 'order, rule', qättä 'think, consider'

Harari: ḳiṭṭe 2

Gurage: q'aṭa 1, q'ǝṭ balä 'be exact, accurate' LGur 518

Jibbali: ? ḳɛt-k 'maybe'

Soqotri: ḳɛt 'to measure time' JJ 154

Number: 3001

Proto-Semitic: *ʕumr-

Meaning: ashes

Akkadian: tumr-

Ugaritic: ʕmr

Number: 3002

Proto-Semitic: *ʔapar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: dust, soil; ashes

Hebrew: ʔēpär 'loose soil crumbling into dust; ashes' HAL 80

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔāfār 'dust, soil' LGz 10

Amharic: afär 'earth, soil' LGz 10, 'ashes' (inf.)

Argobba: afär 'earth, soil'

Gafat: afarä 'earth, soil'

Harari: afär 'earth, soil'

Gurage: afär 'earth, soil'

Number: 3003

Proto-Semitic: *ḳVṭm-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: ashes

Aramaic: Pal ḳṭm

Syrian Aramaic: ḳeṭm-

Modern Aramaic: Urm ḳiṭm-

Mandaic Aramaic: giṭm-

Number: 3004

Proto-Semitic: *midr- ~ *ramad-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: dust, dirt, ashes

Hebrew: pB mädär 'ordure (material used for vessels)' Ja 735

Syrian Aramaic: medr- 'gleba (terrae), terra, lutum, pulvis' Br 373

Arabic: ramād- 'cendre', madar- 'boue sèche et tenace, sans sable' BK 2 1078

Modern Arabic: Leb rmǝd, Mec rumād, Malt ǝrmit 'ashes'

Mehri: mdêr 'Lehmziegel' Jahn 210

Harsusi: remēd <Arab?

Soqotri: rimid <Arab?

Notes: LKog's paper

Number: 3005

Proto-Semitic: *ḥamad-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: ashes

Arabic: iḥtadama 'be very hot'

Modern Arabic: Dat_ ḥamad 'be hot, burn'

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḥāmad 'ashes, dust' LGz 231-2

Tigre: ḥamäd

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ḥamäd 'dust, soil', ḥämäk_ʷǝsti 'ashes'

Amharic: amäd 'ashes'

Argobba: hamäd 'ashes'

Notes: Cf. Arab ḫmd

Number: 3006

Proto-Semitic: *c̣abal-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'dust, ashes'

Arabic: BK---

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ṣābāl 'dust, powder' LGz 546

Tigre: č̣äbäl 'dust, ashes', č̣ablay 'ash-colored'

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ṣäbäl 'dust', č̣ablay 'ash-colored'

Amharic: ṭäbäl 'dust'

Gafat: ṣäbäl 'dust'

Number: 3007

Proto-Semitic: *ramṣ̂-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: ashes

Hebrew: pB rmṣ 'roll or bake in hot ashes', rämäṣ 'hot ashes, embers' Ja. 1483

Judaic Aramaic: rimṣā 'hot ashes, embers' <Hbr?

Syrian Aramaic: rǝmūʕ- 'ashes'

Arabic: rmḍ 'burn, be scorched' LGz

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ramaḍa 'scorch, burn (intr.), be burning' LGz 470

Tigre: rämmäč̣a 'be kindled', rämäč̣ 'hot ashes'

Tigrai (Tigriñña): rämäṣä 'heat, cook'

Amharic: rämmäṭä 'bake in ashes'

Mehri: ramẓ̂

Jibbali: rɛmĉ̣

Number: 3008

Proto-Semitic: *ḳVŝr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'scale, bark'

Arabic: ḳišr- 'rind, fish scales' LGz

Modern Arabic: Leb ʔišri, Mec gišra, Syr ḳišr

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḳaŝŝara 'peel, scrape, take off scales', ḳǝŝŝār 'fish scales, shell' LGz 448

Jibbali: ḳaŝrot 'bark'

Number: 3009

Proto-Semitic: *lḥṣ ~ *ḥlṣ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to peel, take off'

Hebrew: ḥālaṣ 'draw off' LGz

Judaic Aramaic: ḥalaṣ 'take off, undress' LGz

Syrian Aramaic: ḥalleṣ 'take spoils' LGz

Arabic: (?) laḫaṣa 'extract the pith of' LGz

Geʕez (Ethiopian): lǝḥ(ǝ)ṣ 'bark, rind', laḥaṣ/ḍa 'to peel, bark' LGz 312

Tigrai (Tigriñña): lǝḥṣi

Amharic: lǝṭ

Argobba: lihinṭo

Gafat: lēḥaṭa

East Ethiopic: Wol lǝč̣č̣ač̣e

Number: 3010

Proto-Semitic: (?) *kan-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bark'

Gurage: Sod kana, etc., Cha k_ara LGur 344

Number: 3011

Proto-Semitic: *rabb-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: big

Akkadian: rabû

Ugaritic: rb, rabbu

Phoenician: rb 'big, many'

Hebrew: rab 'many'

Aramaic: Pal rb

Biblical Aramaic: rab

Syrian Aramaic: rabb-

Modern Aramaic: Urm rāb- 'many'

Mandaic Aramaic: rba