West Chadic etymology : Query result

Proto-WChadic: *bir-an

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: blood

Buli: bǝràn

Kir: pirǝ̀ŋ

Proto-WChadic: *birVk-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bull'

Dera=Kanakuru: bírìk [NmK]

Proto-WChadic: *biy-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cry, weep'

Kariya: biy [SkNb]

Siri: biyi [Sk]

Boghom: pit [CLR: 210]

Proto-WChadic: *ḅiyal- <*biHal-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'anger' 1, 'angry,cruel'

Mupun: ḅyāl 2 [FrM]

Montol: bial 1 [Fp]

Proto-WChadic: *ḅiyu- < *biʔu

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'pierce'

Warji: ḅiy [SkNb]

Kariya: ḅiya [SkNb]

Diri: ḅuu

Miya: ḅiy [SkNb]

Pa'a: ḅi [SkNb]

Siri: ḅiyu [SkNb]

Proto-WChadic: *ḅ/bVl-

Meaning: 'make a fire' 1, 'make a bright fire' 2

Hausa: bálbàlā 2 redupl.

Mupun: bil 1[Fr]

Sura: ḅél 1 [Jg]

Angas: bel 1 [Fp]

Proto-WChadic: *buʔ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'pot' 1, 'basket' 2

Montol: šai-bu [Fp]

Gerke=Yiwom: bu [Fp]

Notes: šai bu < šai 'hand' and bu 'pot'

Proto-WChadic: *bubuk-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'dust'

Gera: bùbùka [KrN73]

Proto-WChadic: *ḅucal- < *buc̣al-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kind of grass (growing near water)'

Bokos: ḅùšaĺ [JgR]

Notes: Shift of emphatization.

Proto-WChadic: *bugur- (rather <*bkr)

Meaning: 'male goat'

Karekare: bugurè 'he-goat' Jung. CLR, 168

Dera=Kanakuru: bugur-in 'male goats' Sk. 1984, 56

Diri: (?) bǝgʷunz̀́i 'male goat' Sk. 1984, 56 (-z̀́i suffixed?)

Proto-WChadic: *buHar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'dig' 1, 'grave' 2

Zul: bori 1 [CsN 787]

Fyer: ḅur 1 [JgR]

Sha: ḅur 1 [JgR], ʔabúr 2

Daffo-Butura: ḅūr 1 [JgR]

Proto-WChadic: *buHat-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'water jug' 1, 'gourd bottle' 2, 'gourd' 3

Hausa: bū́tà 1

Tangale: bate 3 [JgT]

Gera: mbṑtà [ShV]

Notes: cp. Jimi buuta, Zul buuta id. < Hausa?

Proto-WChadic: *buHVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 1 'sand', 2 'dust', 3'type of a dusty or muddy soil'

Mupun: ḅúór 3 [FrM]

Sura: ḅur 1, 2 [??

Angas: bur 1, 2 [??]

Bokos: ḅúrà [JgR]

Daffo-Butura: ḅúrà[JgR]

Notes: Krkr bǝr-bǝr-ǝn 'dust' is a loan

Proto-WChadic: *buHVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'shine'

Tangale: ḅer [???]

Boghom: ḅur [Sm]

Proto-WChadic: *buHVt-/*ḅVt- (< *bVṭ-) (cf. Sem *ʔVbVt-)

Meaning: 'acccompany' 1,'run' 2

Angas: bwot 1 {Fl]

Bolewa: ḅutuo 2 [Kr N 346]

Sayanchi: ḅut 1 [Cs]

Proto-WChadic: *buk-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cockroach'

Bokos: bùko [JgR]

Notes: EDE II 354: Dera békò 'a tree parasite' = Hs káúčì 'the tree-parasite Loranthus pentagona' (Abr Hs 505) is a parasite plant mistaken for a parasite insect or worm.

Proto-WChadic: *bukar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'goat'

Karekare: bukur-in 'goats' Skin. DAC, bugurè 1 [CLR]

Dera=Kanakuru: bukur-in 'goats', búkàràgín 'he-goat' CLR, 168

Proto-WChadic: *bul-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'flower' 1, 'grass' 2

Dera=Kanakuru: bǝ́lài 1 [NmK]

Kulere: bùl 2 ??? not in JgR

Proto-WChadic: *bulbul- 1 ~ *buʔul- 2

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'pour out' 1, 'river' 2

Hausa: búlbùlā 1

Boghom: ḅúl 2 [Cs]

Zul: ḅwulaʔyi, bullai 2 [???]

Notes: báalè 'pond' [JMig].

Proto-WChadic: *bulun-H-

Meaning: 'melon'

Dwot: ḅuluŋ