West Chadic etymology : Query result

Proto-WChadic: *bwaH-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hole' 1, 'well' 2, 'pit' 3

Tangale: ba 1, 3 [JgT]

Kifri=Giwo: bòɣó 1[ShB]

Gera: bùwá 2 [ShV]

Notes: Cf. Krkr bóóbi doorway`' [Kl]

Proto-WChadic: *bwaH-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'give birth' 1, 'beget' 2

Mupun: ḅée (pl.) 1, 2 [FrM]

Sayanchi: ḅwaa 1 [Cs N 737}

Proto-WChadic: *bwaHi-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'heart'

Fyer: ḅwíí

Kulere: ʔabúy

Proto-WChadic: *bwaHVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 1 'pond', 2 'rivulet, stream'

Sura: vɔ́ɣɔ́r 2 [JgS]

Angas: fwor 2 [Fl]

Gerke=Yiwom: vòòr 2 [JgC]

Notes: regressive velarization of Ch *b):

Proto-WChadic: *ḅwak- < *bwaḳ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'suppurate, fester' 1, 'rot' 2

Sura: ḅwak 1 [JgS]

Boghom: ḅũuk 2 [Cs]

Notes: Shift of emphatization. OS. can't add: CCh Bura buka 'decay' [Ann]

Proto-WChadic: *bwa/aH-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'sun' 1, 'sky' 2, 'god' 3

Ngamo: ḅā̀ḅà 2 [ShV]

Gera: ḅá 2, 3 [ShB]

Bokos: ḅwè 1 [JgR]

Daffo-Butura: ḅwè 1 [JgR]

Notes: The emphatic anlaut reflects the lost laryngeal.

Proto-WChadic: *ḅwal-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'penis'

Bokos: ḅwel [JgR]

Proto-WChadic: *ḅwas-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fish'

Zaar: ḅ/ṗwas [Sm]

Wangday: ḅàs [CLR: 140]

Dokshi: ṗwas

Notes: BND bwas / Laryngeal prefix.

Proto-WChadic: *ḅway-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'open'

Bokos: ḅuyá

Sha: bwây

Daffo-Butura: ḅway

Proto-WChadic: *bway- < *bwaʔi-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'k of wild grass' 1, 'grass' 2

Hausa: bayā 1

Boghom: ḅwà 2 [Cs]

Proto-WChadic: *ḅway- < *bwaH-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: sun 1, day 2

Bokos: ḅwè 1 [JgR]

Daffo-Butura: ḅwè1, 2 [JgR]

Proto-WChadic: *byal-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'knife' 1, 'pointed tool for digging holes' 2

Angas: pel 1 [Fp]

Tangale: pɛla 2 [JgT]

Notes: initial *b- > p- in both languages is regular. Cf.CCh 2 Bura bel `razor' [HB: 20]; 11 Mba bélè razor' [TrMb: 287]

Proto-WChadic: *byal-/*bwal

Meaning: 1 'come', 2 'follow'

Gerke=Yiwom: bel 1 [Fp] bɛ̀l [CLR: 82]

Bolewa: bol 2

Burma: bɨle 2 [Kr N 411]

Sha: bol 1 [JgR]

Proto-WChadic: *ḅyan- < *biʔan-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'separate'

Mupun: ḅén [FrM]

Sura: ḅen [JgS]

Proto-WChadic: *byani(H)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'upper story' 1, 'hut' 2 , 'town, village' 3

Hausa: bḗnḗ 1

Ankwe=Goemai: pīn 2 [Fp]

Gerke=Yiwom: pīn 2 [Fp]

Bolewa: bin 2 [Meek]

Karekare: bèn 2 [Meek], bèn [CLR: 202]

Bele: bin 2 [ShB]

Polchi: biŋ 2 [Kr], bǝn 3 [Cs N 417]

Geji: biŋ 2 [Kr],bǝ́ǝŋ 3 [Cs N 417]

Zaar: viin 2 [CLR: 202]

Guruntum: bíiŋ 2 [Ja: 184]

Zul: bǝ́ni 3 [Cs N 417]

Proto-WChadic: *byar-

Meaning: 'guinea-corn'

Hausa: bere

Proto-WChadic: *byat-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cut into pieces' 1, 'cut corn' 2

Tangale: pete 2 [JgT]

Pero: péttò 1 [FrP]

Notes: cf. also Hs báttà (n.) 'cutting in two through the middle at one stroke'. Devoicing in Tng and Pero is regular.

Proto-WChadic: *ca-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'pull'

Pa'a: cà [MS]

Proto-WChadic: *caʔ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'name of a shrub'1, 'tree with thorns' 2

Hausa: c̣ā́ 1

Tangale: saaye, saawe 2 [JgT]

Proto-WChadic: *C̣abag-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'long thin sticks o f firewood' 1, 'long slender stick, swich' 2

Hausa: c̣ā́bā́gè 1, cábgà 2

Notes: NmK: màyé (bina = 'bathing) 'to take bath'. The meaning of maye itself is not clear.