West Chadic etymology : Query result

Proto-WChadic: *bun-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hole'

Jimbin: búnnè

Proto-WChadic: *buni-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'baboon'

Pa'a: buŋ [SkNb]

Siri: bini [Sk]

Notes: Cp. Ngz bángãi 'black baboon [ShN]

Proto-WChadic: *bur- Cf. 1825 AA 1825

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kind of flour' 1, 'gruel' 2

Hausa: buri, biri 1

Ngizim: bàrbàrí 2 [ShN]

Notes: Hs biri < buri with assimilation of vowels. Reduplication (and secondary vowel) in Ngz.

Proto-WChadic: *bur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'penis'

Hausa: bū̀rā

Proto-WChadic: *bur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'build'

Kifri=Giwo: bur- [ShB]

Galambu: bǝ́r-állà [ShB]

Proto-WChadic: *bur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'mosquito'

Dera=Kanakuru: burù-k [Kr N 182]

Gera: bur-sì [Kr]

Proto-WChadic: *bur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'harmattan'

Kifri=Giwo: bùrá [St]

Notes: Cf. redupl. stem: Mupun vǝvı́r (< *bVvir, lenition in the medial position and assim.) `whirbrlwind' [FrM].

Proto-WChadic: *bur- > *mbur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'name of a bad spirit' 1 ,'medician' 2

Tangale: bụra 1 JgTg

Bokos: mburú 2 Jg

Daffo-Butura: mbúrú 2 Jg

Notes: Hs bóorii 'a form of supposed devil possession' acc. to Bargery

Proto-WChadic: *burči (?< *burguč-)

Meaning: 'vermin'1, 'mosquito' 2

Angas: buršii 1 [Fl]

Gera: bursì 2 [CLR: 242]

Notes: Related to Arab burʁuč.

Proto-WChadic: *buri(ŋ)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'horse'

Sura: bǝ̀rìŋ 'horse'[CLR:194 ]

Angas: brüŋ [Fl]

Fyer: búrí 'horse' Jung. CLR II, 194

Bokos: (m)bírí 'horse' Jung. CLR II, 194

Daffo-Butura: púrí [CLR] < Grk

Proto-WChadic: *buruk

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'mosquito'

Dera=Kanakuru: burùk [CLR]

Proto-WChadic: *bus-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kind of plant'

Hausa: būsi

Proto-WChadic: *buŝ-

Meaning: 'untie'

Siri: buɫu

Jimbin: mbuŝ

Proto-WChadic: *but-

Meaning: 'hut'

Bokos: bút {jgR]

Kulere: ʔàbùt [JgR]

Proto-WChadic: *buṭ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'belly, stomach'

Mupun: ḅūt [FrM ]

Sura: ḅwùt [Kr N 66]

Angas: ḅwut [Kr}

Chip: ḅut [Kr}

Montol: ḅǝǝt [JgC]

Boghom: bǝdǝ-l [JgC]

Fyer: ḅútó [JgR]

Notes: Shift of emphatization, voicing of -t- in Bgh. Most probably related to Sem*bṭ-n.

Proto-WChadic: *buw-

Meaning: lower arm (from wrist to elbow)'

Sura: cf. Sura beep 'limb', redupl.[JgS]

Dera=Kanakuru: búwà [Nm]

Proto-WChadic: *bu(wV)s-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'dry up' 1, 'harvest season' 2

Hausa: bū́šè 3

Dera=Kanakuru: ? Cf. Dera bášà 2 [Nm]

Proto-WChadic: *buw(V)ṭ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'ash'

Hausa: hábḍī̀ < *ha-bṭ- (voicing of -ṭ- in contact with -b-, pref. ha-/a- most probably marked derivatives )

Bolewa: bùtó [ShV]

Karekare: bǝ̀tó [ShV]

Dera=Kanakuru: búbùt [ShV]

Bele: bùtó [ShB]

Kifri=Giwo: bùtó [ShB]

Gera: bǝ̀ḍá [ShV]

Galambu: bǝ̀zá [ShB]

Geruma: bùtá [ShB]

Diri: butu [SkNB] < *buṭu (Ch*-t- mostly > -l-, -r-, y-)

Pa'a: bǝ̀ti-ki[MS]

Ngizim: bǝ́bǝ́ḍ

Notes: Partial reduplication in Dera and Ngizim (irregular ḍ) Note Ngamo kùtó [ShV] (< *kV-buto)

Proto-WChadic: *buy-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bury, dig' 1, 'hoe' (v.) 2

Sha: bú 2 [JgR]

Kulere: bùy 1 [JgR]

Notes: Cf. redupl: Kirfi mbamb- `to bury';

Proto-WChadic: *bVʔ(bVʔ)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'duiker'

Sura: pàab 'gazelle' Jung. CLR, 112

Angas: bwop 'he-goat' HSED 278

Montol: pap Stolb. 1987, 149

Gerke=Yiwom: pwup Stolb. 1987, 149

Bolewa: ḅoḅoki 'duiker' Jung. CLR, 112 (-ki suffixed?)

Karekare: bàwí Stolb. 1987, 149

Dera=Kanakuru: bówò Stolb. 1987, 149

Tangale: bobo 'duiker' Jung. CLR, 112

Bele: bòḅò Stolb. 1987, 149

Kifri=Giwo: bo-o apud G., bòʔʔò apud Su. 'duiker' Jung. CLR, 112

Gera: bobbi Stolb. 1987, 149

Galambu: bùbà Stolb. 1987, 149