West Chadic etymology : Query result

Proto-WChadic: *hinVn-

Meaning: 'child'

Cagu: hí̄nǝ̀n [SkNb]

Notes: irregular reflex og AA *h̥

Proto-WChadic: *Hir-

Meaning: 'hoe; to hoe'

Angas: er 'to hoe' (Skinner 1996, 109)

Dwot: ʔir 'hoe' (Skinner 1996, 109)

Proto-WChadic: *His-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'faeces'

Angas: g'yes [Fl]

Chip: ɛ̀s {Kr]

Karekare: ʔišè [Kr]

Jimi: ʔišì [Cs]

Polchi: íš [Cs N 58]

Geji: ʔíší [Kr]

Sayanchi: nyis

Boghom: yiis [CLR: 128]

Dwot: íši [Cs N 58]

Buli: ʔiš [Kr]

Tala: ʔišì [Cs]

Zul: iše [Cs N 58]

Proto-WChadic: *Hiwal-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'vagina' 1, 'testiculi' 2

Karekare: ʔílàà 2 [CLR: 322]

Dera=Kanakuru: yúwúlá 2 [CLR]

Burma: hwàl 1 [Kr N 64]

Sayanchi: walla 2 [KR N 65]

Fyer: wul 1 [JgR]

Proto-WChadic: *ḥu/and/ṭ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'millet, bean, nut'

Hausa: gùnḍu 'k. of short-headed bulrush-millet' (Bargery, 408; <*ḥunṭ-)

Gera: handìmì 'beans' (Kraft; sound correspondences not clear)

Galambu: Glmb. ándì 'beans' (Stolbova 1987, 60; <*ḥanṭ-?)

Proto-WChadic: *Hut-/*Hwat-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fire'

Hausa: wútā́

Dera=Kanakuru: wátì [NmK]

Jimi: wut́o [Cs]

Geji: wútu ́ [Cs N374]

Mangas: wur, wut [Cs]

Zaar: wit [CLR]

Barawa: wut(u)

Burma: wut

Sayanchi: wut

Boghom: wur [Cs]

Dwot: wū́tū [Cs N 374]

Buli: ū́t [Cs N 374]

Kir: wut [CLR : 138]

Tule: wuti [CLR]

Wangday: wū̀ra [CLR]

Tala: wudi [CLR]

Proto-WChadic: *Huwal-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fields, farm'

Geruma: uwal 'fields, ' (Jung. CLR, II 134)

Proto-WChadic: *HVbaḳ-

Meaning: 'return'

Ankwe=Goemai: bak

Proto-WChadic: *HVban-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'pimple'

Wangday: ḅanì

Proto-WChadic: *HVbar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'escape' 1, 'go out' 2

Angas: bār 1 [Fl]

Warji: var 2 [SkNb]

Ngizim: vǝ̀rǝ 2 [SChN]

Notes: The inicial b- in the Sura group and v- in Wrj and Ngz point to *HVb-.

Proto-WChadic: *HV-baʒ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'flay' 2'skin' (v.) 1

Pa'a: ḅuzū̀ 1, 2 [MS]

Jimbin: vaz 2 [SkNb]

Notes: regressive fricativization of a labial.

Proto-WChadic: *HVbil-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'door'

Burma: ḅǝ̀l

Sayanchi: ḅîl

Boghom: ḅúl

Proto-WChadic: *HVbiṭ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fall down' 1, 'push' 2

Mupun: bèt 2 [FrM]

Sura: bɛ̀t 2 [JgS]

Angas: bat, bet 2 [Fl]

Karekare: bit- 1 [ShB]

Kifri=Giwo: bito

Gera: bàd-

Galambu: bǝz-

Proto-WChadic: *ḥV-bur- um , *kV buru-m

Meaning: 'knee'

Mupun: fùrùm [Fr]

Sura: kǝ-fùrùm [Jg]

Angas: ferem [Hff]

Montol: fīm pǝ-fiim [CLR, JgC]

Gerke=Yiwom: furûm [JgC]

Bolewa: bo-burum [Meek]

Karekare: bḕrà-sù [CLR], bēra-sim [Meek]

Dera=Kanakuru: bǝrǝm [SchV], bó-bǝ̀rǝ̀m [CLR]

Tangale: purum {Jg]

Pero: púrùm [Fr]

Ngamo: buru [Meek]

Maha: burum [Nm]

Gera: bùrmì [SchB]

Galambu: búbur [SchB]

Geruma: búrmùŋ [SchB]

Warji: ɣwùrmù-ná [Sk]

Kariya: (ɣ)árùm

Miya: wúrùm

Pa'a: bùrmí

Cagu: ḅó-bmárǝ̀n

Siri: ɣǝ̀rma

Mburku: wīrin

Jimbin: vurmú

Geji: gà̄ hulan [Sm]

Zaar: gám-vwòràŋ [CLR]

Boghom: fiym [CLR]

Guruntum: vàran [CLR]

Kir: kaa furum [Sm]

Wangday: gám-fǝrǝ̀ [Jg]

Tala: kā̀ fùrùŋ [Sm]

Notes: modification of initial consonant due to pref.of the body-parts *kV (< *kV 'head') and *ḥa-. -um originated from a poss. pronoun 2 sg.

Proto-WChadic: *HVbVg-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'beat' 1, 'flatten 2, 'pound' 3, 'kill' 4

Hausa: bùgā́1, 3

Mupun: bák 2 [FrM]

Angas: bak 2 [Fl]

Tangale: pigu 1, 4

Notes: initial b- in Angas and Mupun point to a preceding laryngeal

Proto-WChadic: *(HV)bVl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'vein' 1,'nerv'2, sinew' 3

Ankwe=Goemai: vel 1,2,3 [Kr, TAS :389]

Notes: vel < *bel (velarization), initial b- in the sura gr. implies a laryngeal (*HVb- > b-).

Proto-WChadic: *HVbVt-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'push' 1, 'knock down' 2

Mupun: bèt 1 [FrM]

Sura: bɛ̀t 1,2 [JgS]

Angas: bat, bet 1 [Fl]

Chip: bet gwe 1 [Kr]

Notes: Note b- in the sura gr. < Ch *-b-

Proto-WChadic: *HVbyan-/*bVHyan-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'gourd' 1 , 'bottle gourd' 2

Mupun: ḅéèn 2 [FrM]

Sura: ḅɛ́ɛn 1 [JgS]

Proto-WChadic: *ḥV-c̣in-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'nose'

Mupun: pǝ̀-zǝ̄n [FrM]

Sura: pǝ̀gǝ̀-ziŋ [JgS]

Angas: gi-ziŋ [Fl]

Chip: gɔ̀́ŋ [JgC]

Montol: kǝ́-zǝŋ [JgC]

Ankwe=Goemai: gong [Meek]

Gerke=Yiwom: yi-̀ddiŋ [CLR: 258] (T < *S is regular)

Geruma: ́

Jimi: ičin [CLR]

Polchi: išin

Geji: ı̀čı̀n, [Sm]

Zaar: yii-cı̀ŋ [Sm]

Sayanchi: nyí-cǝŋ {Cs N 80]

Guruntum: yán-šin, [Sm]

Dwot: ŋgǝ-sǝŋ [CLR N 80]

Buli: ʔišìn [CLR]

Kir: nyı̀-sǝn [Sm]

Tule: nyì-cìnòṇ [CLR]

Tala: ǝsǝn [CLR: 258]

Zul: íčinee [Cs N 80]

Mangas: nyì-sìŋ [Cs]

Fyer: šín{JgRn]

Proto-WChadic: *HVĉ(y)ar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'friend' 1, 'person equal in age' 2

Hausa: c̣ā́rā́ 2

Mupun: šiār 1 [FrM]

Sura: šār 1 [JgS]

Angas: šēr 1 [Fp]

Montol: čai-na 1 [Fp]

Dera=Kanakuru: šéerò 1 [NmK]

Tangale: sɛɛrɔ 1 [JgT]

Galambu: čòr- 1 [ShB]

Notes: unusual reflex of a lateral in the sura group (š- instead of l-) due to a laryngeal.