West Chadic etymology : Query result

Proto-WChadic: *ḍuwan-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'food'

Cagu: ḍúwàn

Proto-WChadic: *dVʔ/w

Meaning: kill

Ngamo: du [Nm], hardly < *dukw-, cf.

Jimi: du-to [CLR]

Polchi: ʒùwu [Kr]

Zaar: ḍo, ḍū [CLR]

Sayanchi: ḍù-tu [Kr]

Tala: ḍu-di [CLR]

Proto-WChadic: *dVbb-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'wild animal'

Ngizim: dǝbbà Kr 1 246

Proto-WChadic: *dVd-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'be wet'

Warji: dǝd [SkNb]

Diri: dǝd [SkNb]

Proto-WChadic: *dVg-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'beat, thrash, castrate an animal'

Ngizim: dá-dgú [ShN]

Notes: Kirfi dogg- 'strike in reply' may be derived from dog- 'to pay'.

Proto-WChadic: *dVg-

Meaning: 'long' 1, 'tall'

Hausa: dōgō 1, 2

Warji: (?) dāku 1, 2 (irreg. velar. )

Jimbin: ǯiga 1 [Sk]

Proto-WChadic: *dVgwVl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'gruel'

Karekare: dǝ̀gwǝ̀lì 'gruel' (Kraft)

Notes: Cf. also *dank/gali 'sweet potato', probably related to this root: Hs. dànkalī̀, Ngm. dǝ̀ŋkǝlì, Ngz. dǝ̀nkǝlì, Bade dàngalîn (Kraft).

Proto-WChadic: *dVH-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'return' 1, 'go' 2, 'come', 'follow' 4

Hausa: dā́wṓ 'return here'

Dera=Kanakuru: dòi 3 [NmK]

Kariya: ḍǝ 4 [SkNb]

Miya: ḍiy- 4 {SkNb]

Boghom: ḍá-ŋ 2 [Cs]

Dwot: ḍǝi 4 [Cs N 658]

Sha: du 2 [JgR]

Ngizim: dèe- 3 [ShN] (Perfective)

Proto-WChadic: *dVHVm-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'beat'

Hausa: ḍā́mā̀

Proto-WChadic: *dVHVn-

Meaning: 'yesterday'

Sura: doɣon-doɣ on [JgS]

Angas: don [Fl]

Chip: dǝgǝn [JgC]

Montol: dǝɣǝn [JgC]

Ankwe=Goemai: toɣon-tòɣòn [Kr]

Notes: Cf. Mangas daŋ-wur 'night' [Cs]

Proto-WChadic: *dVHVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'road'

Gerke=Yiwom: der [Fp]

Karekare: n-dàrù [LkK]

Maha: ḍore [NmM]

Kariya: derahi [SkNb]

Miya: darhi [Sk]

Mburku: dēri [Sk]

Jimbin: dāru [Sk]

Proto-WChadic: *dVH(Vw)-/*dVwVH- / *diHd-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bird'

Bele: ḍī̀-ḍó (redupl.) [Sh]

Kifri=Giwo: Kirfi ḍī̀ḍó [ShB]'bird'

Boghom: ḍwáy [Cs]

Kir: ḍo-t [CLR]

Daffo-Butura: ndwah [Jg]

Ngizim: ḍū́-ta [Sch]

Bade: ḍi-tá [CLR]

Notes: Cf.

Proto-WChadic: *dVHwar-

Meaning: 'bird'

Kir: ḍōr

Proto-WChadic: *dVH_-

Meaning: to sit

Bolewa: +ḍowi <*dVHw-

Tangale: diye 1 [Jg] sit down

Ngizim: ḍā̀wú 2 [Sch]

Proto-WChadic: *ḍVk-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'pound '1, 'thresh chaff by pounding' 2, 'beat' 3

Hausa: dán-dàḳā 1, 3

Polchi: ḍok 1 [Cs N 875]

Ngizim: ḍǝ̀kú 1 [SchNgz]

Notes: in Hausa 'pound on log, stone', in Ngz - in mortar or on the ground

Proto-WChadic: *ḍVk- < *dVḳ/q̇-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hide' 1, 'bury' 2

Tangale: dike 1 [JgT] (< *ḍike, Ch *d-> t- )

Polchi: ḍók 2 [Cs N 788]

Geji: ḍū́ki 2 [Cs N 788]

Dwot: ḍuk 2 [Cs N 788]

Proto-WChadic: *ḍVk-/*kaḍ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fat, grease'

Kifri=Giwo: kàró [ShB]

Gera: kèḍíwí [Sh]

Galambu: kàdá [Sh]

Polchi: ḍoɣo [Cs N 186]

Zul: ḍúku [Cs N 186]

Proto-WChadic: *dVl-

Meaning: 'term given to a brother or sister next to an elder one'

Tangale: dele [JgT]

Proto-WChadic: *dVm-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'oath'

Ngizim: dǝ́mâ [ShN]

Proto-WChadic: *dVnkar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'lizard'

Hausa: ḳá-dángárè

Karekare: dǝ̀ŋkarà [Kr N 171]

Dera=Kanakuru: gǝndǝl [Kr]

Tangale: ǝŋgǝdǝ̀ [Kr]

Ngamo: dǝ̀kùra [Kr[

Zul: lǝ́gandi [Cs N266]

Notes: Note different met. and -l- < *-r-.