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Magyar
List is approximately in English alphabetical order not Hungarian.
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Eat, drink; food
ebéd
dinner /HungarianAfro-Asiatic
Egyptian
obik bread, loaf /Coptic Egyptian [cgj]
Semitic
з
py to bake, baker /Phœnician [cgj]Ainu
e(e), ipe, ype to eat [sm]
Altaic
*ep`e ( ~ -o) bread, food /Altaic [ss]
*Epej baked bread /Turkic [ss]
ipi /Tatar [ss]
*epe baked bread, cake /Tungus [ss]
efen /Manchu; epe~ /Nanai; epe(n) /Ulcha; ewedi /Evenki [ss]
*pa\p food /Korean [ss]
*pa\p /Middle Korean [ss]
*@p@-m@n@ /Japanese [ss]
*iu\bu to be hungry, exhausted /Altaic [ss]
*o"je- 1 be hungry, voracious 2 be exhausted /Mongolian [ss]
ojese- (SH) 1 /Middle Mongolian; o"jo":-do"- 2 /Khalkha [ss]
*(x)ob- 1 to become spoiled (of meat) 2 to get tired, exhausted 3 to get poor /Tungus [ss]
obolo- 3 /Negidal; uba- 1, obdoqo jali 'spoiled, tasteless meat' /Manzhu; obdú.- 2 /Even; obdo- 1 /Evenki [ss]
*i:b-, *i\bu/r- to wither, dry up, decline, decay /Korean [ss]
iul- /Modern Korean; i:p- (i:b-), i\wu/r-, i\'u/r-, i\'o/r- /Middle Korean [ss]
*u\wa/- to be hungry /Japanese [ss]
u\wa/- /Old Japanese; ue/-ru /Tokyo [ss]
ue hunger; starvation /Japanese
Tungus
buda food, meal, cooked cereal, cooked rice /Manchu [as]
Caucasian
*bu":pV bread /North Caucasian [ss]
*ba:p-ik.bread (made of wheat, barley) /Nakh [ss]
be:pig /Chechen [ss]
*baba bread /Tsezian [ss]
baba /Bezhita; baba /Gunzib [ss]
p:ap:a bread (a nursery word) /Lak [ss]
Dravidian
biddan.a, biddana, biddina, birdan.a an invitation to dinner; a banquet, a feasting, an entertainment, a meal (Kannad.a) [sk]
Indo-European
Slavic
objed dinner, midday meal /Serbo-Croatian
obed dinner /Slovak
obed dinner /Russian; obed /Bulgar
Indo-Iranian/Iranian
ap (ap-v∂rd) water-and-food: food, sustenance /Baluchi [mab]
Mayan
Chorti [cw]
we' 'food'
we'eh 'eat' (cl.3)
Muskogean/Eastern
ipa to eat (a certain thing) /Alabama [tm]
enni
to eat, enni-való food {-ni is the infinitive suffix) /HungarianUralic
Officially, Hungarian enni is of FU origin [Chong]
Uralic *sewe
sävï-, sëve- (Erzya); syö- (Finnish); te-, tew- (Southern Khanty) [Chong]
Afro-Asiatic
'nhw victuals /Old Egyptian [cgj]
Basque
ano portion, food supply; wine; animal feed
Said to derive from Latin annōna "yearly produce, crop especially of grain; the price of provisions (esp. corn), the cost of living".
Dravidian
a_nu to eat, drink (Telugu); anna eaten; food; boiled rice; un.ike taking a meal; un.n.i taking a meal, a meal (Kannad.a); un.t.i food, boiled rice, food of birds and beasts; un.a food; un.avu, un.a_ food, boiled rice, foodstuffs; (Tamil); u_n. food, boiled rice, meal (Malayalam); u.n. food, food eaten after dry funeral (Kota) [sk]
Indo-European
Latin (??)
annōna
"yearly produce, crop especially of grain; the price of provisions (esp. corn), the cost of living"Albanian
*un- hunger /Proto Albanian < *uenH- to love, desire, request /PIE [bd]
uri; ũ(n) hunger /Albanian [bd]
Indo-Iranian/Indo-Aryan
ánna food /Sanskrit
Muskogean/Eastern (?)
anooli 1. to finish, finish off, get through with, use up; to devour, eat up (of one) 2. to finish doing, do completely, do thoroughly, be totally /Alabama [tm]
esz(ik)
to eat (eats) /HungarianUralic
Officially, Hungarian esz(ik) is of FU origin [Chong]
Uralic *sewe
sävï-, sëve- (Erzya); syö- (Finnish); te-, tew- (Southern Khanty) [Chong]
Sumerian
ešša
satiated [jh]Altaic/Turkic
a∫ food; azyk food /Turkmen [glnp]
as
food /Khakas [kl]Indo-European
Germanic
æ¯s
food, prey, carrion /Old English [sc1]Italic
esca, *ed-ca /Latin
Anatolian
Luwian [cb]
at-, az- to eat [cb]
Hittite [ho]
az-zi-ik-kan-du verb;
iterative 3rd person plural imperative of mi-conjugation <ēd-> eat
Indo-Iranian
*Hac/H- (?) eat /Proto Indo-Iranian [al]
Iranian
a:ŝ `food, soup' /New Persian [al]
bas / basae `soup' /Ossetic [al]
Indo-Aryan
aç (açnáti; áça; etc.) to eat, partake; āc,a food /Sanskrit
etet
to feed; etet-és feeding /HungarianAltaic
Turkic/Khakassian
ottat= to pasture, to let graze, to feed (Sagay, Koybal, Kacha) [kl]
inni
to drink /HungarianUralic
Hungarian inni (and isz(ik), iv-) are thought to be of FU origin.
[? juo- (Finnish); jän't'- (Khanty); jan's'- (Northern Khanty); jæn't'- (Southern Khanty); ju- (Komi, Udmurt); jukkâ- (Lappish); äj-, etc. (Man's'i); d'üa-, jüä- (Mari)] [Chong]
Austric
inu drink /Moriori [mor]
inu, unu drink; inu(mia), unu(mia) to drink /Mäori [ng]
Dravidian
a_nu to eat, drink (Telugu); anna eaten; food; boiled rice; un.ike taking a meal; un.n.i taking a meal, a meal (Kannad.a); un.t.i food, boiled rice, food of birds and beasts; un.a food; un.avu, un.a_ food, boiled rice, foodstuffs; (Tamil); u_n. food, boiled rice, meal (Malayalam); u.n. food, food eaten after dry funeral (Kota) [sk]
isz
- to drink /HungarianUralic
Hungarian isz- (and inni, iv-) are thought to be of FU origin.
[? juo- (Finnish); jän't'- (Khanty); jan's'- (Northern Khanty); jæn't'- (Southern Khanty); ju- (Komi, Udmurt); jukkâ- (Lappish); äj-, etc. (Man's'i); d'üa-, jüä- (Mari)] [Chong]
Altaic
*p`ič`i
drink, pour /Altaic [ss]*ič-
/Turkic [ss]? iç- (Azeri, Turkish); es- (Chuvash); ecˆu (Tatar); ic- (Uigur) [Chong]
Afro-Asiatic/Semitic (?)
$qy N $qy) /Aramaic [cal]
1 JLATg,Syr watering trough 2 JLATg,Syr pool, canal 3 Syr drink 4 Syr irrigation
LS2 798, SED
LS2 v: $eqyA)
Caucasian
*=Vc.V to drink; to gulp, to eat /North Caucasian [ss]
*c.:a- drink /Andian [ss]
c.:a-d- /Andi; c.:a-r- /Akhvakh; c:a- /Tindi; c.:a-r- /Karata; c.:e- /Bagvalal [ss]
*=ac.- to eat /Tsezian [ss]
=ac.- /Tsezi; =ac.- /Ginukh; =ac.- /Khvarshi; =ac.- /Inkhokvari [ss]
*?Vc.V (~-c.:-) drink /Lezghian [ss]
c.a-bus /Archi [ss]
Mayan
Chorti [cw]
uch', uch 'drink, drinking'
uch' e ha', uch e ha' 'drink of water'
inte' uch' e chicha' 'drink of chicha'
uch'er 'a drink, drinks'
uch'i 'drink, suck, take a remedy' (cl.2)
ha' tua' uyuch'i 'drinking water ("water to drink")'
uch'in 'drink'
ital
(n.) drink; itat to give sb. a drink; to water an animal /HungarianUralic
Old Magyar it, itó 'watering hole, to drink, refreshment' and Magyar iszik connected to Finn-Ugric *juγe *juke 'to drink' [alinei]
Afro-Asiatic
itrw river; the Nile /Old Egyptian [cgj]
Basque
edal- (used in compound words) derived from edari drink
edan (C) v.t. to drink; (n.) a drink; edari (C) beverage, a drink
iturri (C) spring, fountain
Etruscan
Etruscan iθal 'drink'; itθa 'drink, drinking vessel' > Magyar ital and Old Magyar it 'watering hole, to drink, refreshment' [alinei]
Indo-European
Celtic
ìotadh thirst /Gaelic, íota /Irish, Old Irish ítu, g. ítad: *isottât, root is, desire, seek; Greek i@'ótcs, wish, i@`/meros, desire; Church Slavonic iskati, seek; Sanskrit ish, seek, Zend. ish, wish. [from mcb]
c.f. the Gaelic root is "desire, seek" with
üz to work hard at a trade; to chase after a woman /Hungarian
âšik lover; loving; âšikî love, amour /Brahui
izi , iz-zi fire [jh] /Sumerian; issi heat /Turkic
зs fire /Phœnician [cgj]
asik fever? malady /Coptic Egyptian [cgj]
?a,sol' hot; ?a,sul' fever /Yuki [y84]
*aZ- ardor [az96]; ausaz eager, desirous [az96] /Etruscan
az to burn, to sear? [az96]; usil sun /Etruscan
asar roast /Spanish; assar bake /Portuguese
iv-ás
drinking; carousing /HungarianUralic
Hungarian iv- (and inni, isz(ik)) are thought to be of FU origin.
[? juo- (Finnish); jän't'- (Khanty); jan's'- (Northern Khanty); jæn't'- (Southern Khanty); ju- (Komi, Udmurt); jukkâ- (Lappish); äj-, etc. (Man's'i); d'üa-, jüä- (Mari)] [Chong]
Chukchee-Kamchatkan
*'iv-
water (вода) /Proto Chukchee-Kamchatkan [ss: PN666]*iw-hici-
to drink (пить) /Proto Chukchee-Koryak [ss: PN1609]ikwici'-
*'i'(j) /Proto Itelmen [ss: PN682]
'i', 'i'j, 'ij- water (вода) /Sedank dialect; 'i'in Pl. ?; 'i'invąnk 1 aqua; subaqua heus /West Itelmen; 'i'i aqua /SIT [ss]
*-hiŧì- to drink (пить) /Proto Chukchee-Kamchatkan [ss: PN544]
*iw-hici-
to drink (пить) /Proto Chukchee-Koryak [ss: PN489]ikwici'-
/Chukchee; iwwici- /Koryak; iwhisi-, hivhisit- /Palan; iw?ici- /Alutor [ss]*γil-
/Proto Itelmen [ss: PN553]γil-
to drink (пить); ŧin-γiles SO to give to drink (поить) /Sedank dialect; γąĺ-kaz bibere; šin-γilyz , /sąń-γąlez [napoic'] /West Itelmen [ss]*'ъpaγwЪ- to drink (пить) , глотать /Proto Chukchee-Kamchatkan [ss: PN418]
*ъpav- to drink (пить) /Proto Chukchee-Koryak [ss: PN1598]
ąpáw-
/Chukchee [ss]*p(')aw- /Proto Itelmen [ss: PN426]
рav-kaz
haurire, bibere /Sedank dialect [ss]![]()
éber
alert, vigilant, watchful; awake; ébren awake, waking /HungarianUralic
Officially, Hungarian ébren is the root but it is of unknown origin. [Chong]
Niger-Congo (?)
eewoo (v.) to wake up with, wake up at /Wollof [pc2]
eewu (v.) to be awake, to be enlightened /Wollof [pc2]
ebi-hal
tadpole /Hungariansee Hungarian béka "frog"
see Hungarian teknõsbéka "tortoise"
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Sweet, taste, tasty; charming, lovely; fresh, healthy
éd-es
sweet < íz-es tasty {/-es/ adjectival suffix}< íz taste, flavour /HungarianUralic
Uralic *ipse
ezes sweet /Old Hungarian {12th. Century} [gzb1]
Sumerian
a-dé fresh [jh]
dùg, du10 (adj.) sweet, good; beautiful; favorable; pleasing; fresh (water) [jh]
sag9, šag5, sig6, sa6, ša6 (adj.) sweet, good, pleasant; beautiful; fruitful [jh]
Afro-Asiatic
Omotic, North
e(t)s- honey /Chara; esu insa /Dizi; es /Gimira; eesaa /Janjero; es ec# es# ec#' /Kafa; (y)Es#i /Mao [oi4]
Indo-European
Classical Greek [lsj1]
hêdus pleasant to the taste
Indo-Iranian
juş
taste /Sanskritéd-es
sweet; charming; lovely {/-es/ adjectival suffix} /HungarianUralic
Officially, édes is related to ízes "tasty".< íz "taste,flavour" [Chong]
One expert thinks Hungarian üde is of Turkic origin, while another thinks it is of unknown origin but possibly derived from üdvöz (used in expressions only): Üdvöz légy ~ "All the best, sincerely" which is found in archaic literary usage, and is thought to derive from obsolete üd "exalted", "lofty", "wholesome" which is possibly of Turkic origin. However another expert thinks that the origin of üdvöz is not kown. [Chong]
[fh] thinks that the Hungarian word üde may be related to the archaic/obsolete Hungarian ügy " lake; swamp" {Hungarian /gy/ represents a palatised /d'/}
Sumerian
a-dé fresh [jh]
dùg, du10 (adj.) sweet, good; beautiful; favorable; pleasing; fresh (water) [jh]
sag9, šag5, sig6, sa6, ša6 (adj.) sweet, good, pleasant; beautiful; fruitful [jh]
Altaic
Tungus
ice new; beginning, at the beginning; newborn animal /Manchu [as]
Japanese
ada charming; lovely /Japanese
Austric
ho'ou new, fresh /Rapanui [anon]
{/'/ represents the so-called glottal stop}
Basque
eder pretty; beautiful; nice
Indo-European/Indo-Iranian/Iranian
ada grace, beauty, elegance; blandishment, graceful manner, coquetry; eloquence, voice, pronunciation, expression, song, music, odes /Persian [fjs]
üd
exalted, lofty, wholesome /HungarianUralic
Hungarian üd is no longer used (archaic) and is thought to be of Turkic origin. [Chong]
Austro-Asiatic
hut.hut.u lofty (Santali.lex.) [sk]
Dravidian
at.t.a_la, at.t.al.e, at.t.a_laka an apartment on the roof; a palace; a breast-high wall, a parapet; a bastion, kottala, buruju (Kanad.a); at.t.a (a tatsama) high, lofty; an upper loft in a house used as a place of lumber and repository of stores (Kannad.a) [sk]
Indo-European
at.t.a high (Sanskrit) [sk]
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Sky, fire, sun; to burn etc.
ég
(n.) sky; (v.i.) to burn; ég-et (v.t.) to burn, scorch; ég-ő burning, glowing /HungarianUralic
Officially, Hungarian ég is possibly from FU.
? *äng8 /Proto FU [Chong]
[fh] says Hungarian ég is from Uralic *säNe , N = nk (nasal velar)
Hungarian N>n,ñ,gy ; Sumerian N>n, g~ becomes _an sky, high
In Turkic it becomes "teng"
Afro-Asiatic
Cognate Set <Cohen (1947) , #142> [oi4]
Cushitic, East
oog- blow into a flame /Somali
Semitic
h%tw lit up /Geez
Egyptian
h%.t fire /Old Egyptian
Berber
@g* burn; uku light up /Berber
Cognate Set <Greenberg (1963), #30> [oi4]
Chadic
Central Chadic
koho fire /Hina; uhu fire /Higi
Chadic
ako(da) fire /Kulong (= Marba)
Cognate Set <Dolgopol'skij (1973), p. 262 #4> [oi4]
Cushitic
Agaw
wag* pl wag*at light of fire /Bilin
Cushitic, East
iyeeta fire /Dasenech; hec#e /Dullay; xete /Gawwada; heec#e /Gobaze; ka-te /Tsamay; iku /Yaaku; oog- blow into a flame /Somali
Cushitic, South
oh- *P burn /Iraw
Chadic
aka fire /Barein; ohue fire /Baza; ahu fire /Klesem; ako fire /Sokoro
Cognate Set <Black (1974), #296.08> [oi4]
Cushitic, East
eek fire /Elmolo; elen fire /Bayso; Gi'@t@ fire /Dasenech; xete fire /Gawwada
Cognate Set <Newman (1977) , #48> [oi4]
Chadic
aku akwa fire /Proto Chadic
ako fire /Sokoro; ako fire /Dangla; waa-ta fire /Gaanda; aku-da fire /Masa (Banana); akwa fire /Matakam; aka fire /Ngizim; k@wei fire /Warji
Cognate Set <Ehret (1980) , #1.09b085. [oi4]
Cushitic, South
?'ogh- burn (v.i.) /Proto South Cushitic
oh- *P burn /Iraqw; ohis- burn (v.i.) /Alagwa; ?'omumus- bake /Asa(x); ow- burn (v.i.) /Burunge
Cognate Set <Ehret (1987) , #106> [oi4]
Cushitic, East
eku fire /Yaakau
Cushitic, South
?'eekw-, yeekw- fire /Proto South Cushitic
Cognate Set <Ehret (1987) , #564> [oi4]
Cushitic, East
oo?'-, hoo?'- warm /Oromo
Cushitic, South
?'oh- burn (v.i.) /Proto Rift
Egyptian
'h brazier; fire (for cooking) /Old Egyptian [cgj]
Austric
ahi fire. He tutu i te ahi To light a fire. /Rapanui [anon]
ahi, ehi fire; wahi, kohia firewood /Moriori [mor]
pupuhi, ahi, käpura fire /Mäori [ua]
ahi, kapura, mapura, pahunu fire; ki fire /Mäori [ng]
Altaic/Turkic
_kün
sun /TurkishBasque
egun day, eguzki sun; eki (LN,Z,U) sun
Basque eguzki `Sun'. derives from egun `day' plus the noun-forming suffix -zki, and it has variants iguzki and iduzki; there is also an eastern variant eki also derives from egun plus the different suffix -ki. Some anthropologists suspect that the sun might have played an important part in the old Basque religion, but we have no evidence. [lt]
Caucasian
*=o:gwV to burn /North Caucasian [ss]
*=ik:w|- burn Dargwa [ss]
=ig- /Akusha; =ik:w|- /Chiragh [ss]
*?ok:w|y- burn /Lezghian [ss]
k:u-z /Lezghi; u-g-ub /Tabasaran; ugw|a-s /Agul; ug-az^| /Kryz; s-ug-u /Budukh; ok:a-s /Archi; bok:-sun /Udi [ss]
=ek:-kwi, k:-i burn /Khinalug [ss]
{=ek:- is transitive (=ek:-kw|i), k:- (term. k:-i, dur. k:-izi) - intransitive.} [ss]
*=i:k.wV to burn, set on fire /North Caucasian [ss]
*=a:k.- to burn /Nakh [ss]
=a:g- /Chechen; =o|g- /Ingush; ak.-dar /Batsbi [ss]
*-ik.w|Vn- / *k.w|Vn- 1 to burn (intr.), to catch fire 2 to set on fire /Andian [ss]
re/k.n- 1 /Avar; k.on- 2 /Akhvakh; k./an-ax|:-i 1 /Godoberi [ss]
*=ek.w|- B to burn /Tsezian [ss]
=ik.w|- /Tsezi; =ek.w|- /Ginukh; =ak.w|- /Khvarshi; =ok.w|- /Inkhokvari; =ek.- /Bezhita; =ek.ek.- /Gunzib [ss]
k.i=a-n to catch fire /Lak [ss]
*=ik.w|- to set on fire /Dargwa [ss]
=ik.w|- / =irk.w|- /Chiragh [ss]
*?ik.w|a- set fire, burn /Lezghian [ss]
k-u"k.-u"n- /Lezghi; l-ik.w|a-s /Rutul; q-ok.a-s /Tsakhur; ?|unk.u /Budukh; k.w|a-s /Archi [ss]
Chukchee-Kamchatkan
*'ą~ką~ke-
parching (палящий), hot (горячий) /Proto Chukchee-Kamchatkan [ss: PN618]*ąkąke-
(~ a) hot (горячий) /Proto Chukchee-Koryak [ss: PN1556]ąkąká-
/Alutor [ss]*xka- /Proto Itelmen [ss: PN631]
xka-lah fervent, fervid, hot (горячий), parching (палящий) /Sedank dialect; xiką-lex(in), xka-lax/γ ardens, fervidus; kakal'an flammans, flammeus /West Itelmen; kika tepide /SIT [ss]
(1) Indo-European
Italic
ignis (fire) /Latin
Anatolian
agniš fire /Hittite
Slavic
oganj fire, bonfire; fever; flame /Serbo-Croatian
ognjen fiery, ardent, blazing; aglow /Serbo-Croatian
ogorjeti to burn all around; be charred all round (or on the surface) /Serbo-Croatian
ogrev firewood, fuelwood /Serbo-Croatian
ogrijati to warm, heat /Serbo-Croatian
ogyn (n.) fire /Bulgar; ogon' be on fire /Russian
oheň fire /Slovak (archaic Uralic and IE term is its source, but not a loan)
Indo-Iranian
agní fire, god of fire, Agni /Sanskrit
(2) Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
kagh fire; that which ruminant /Persian (Farsi) [fjs]
Indo-Aryan
kha sun /Sanskrit [iits1]
Mayan
Chorti
from [cw]
e k'in 'the sun, the day'
where e is the (definite article; copula)
from [jd]
a'q fire [1907 O]
q'aq fire [1907 H,J]
q'aqe fire [1907 Q]
q'aq fire [1897]
c'ac' fire [1834]
ég
sky /HungarianUralic
also see Hungarian ég "to burn"
Elamite
kik sky, heaven [oi2]
Altaic
gok sky, heavens /Turkish
Indo-European/Indo-Iranian
khá (1) hole; hollow; (2) opening; (3) hole in the hub of a wheel; (4) the sky /Sanskrit
Expresses "the hole in the sky" etc.
kék
blue /HungarianUralic
This one is supposed to be of Turkic origin. [Chong]
Altaic
*kók`e blue, green /Altaic [ss]
*gök /Turc
*köke /Mongol
*kuku /Tungus [ss]
kk blue /Cuman [pbg]
Austro-Asiatic
ak blue (Santali.lex.) [sk]
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egér
mouse /HungarianUralic
Officially, Hungarian egér is from
*šinger (Proto Uralic) [Chong]
cˆejer', cˆever' (Erzya); hiir (Estonian); hiiri (Finnish) [Chong]
Officially, one source says Hungarian ürge is of Turkic origin. Another source says that ürge is of uncertain origin since related words can only be found in the Altai branch of Turkic (spoken in southern Siberia). If ürge is indeed of Turkic origin, the probable Old Turkic root would be *örgä [Chong]
(1) Altaic
Turkic
sicqan mouse /Cuman [pbg]
syçan mouse /Turkmen [glnp]
Tungus
singgeri rat /Manchu [as]
(2) Altaic
Turkic/Khakas [kl]
ürke dial cf örke ground squirrel
örke gopher, ground-squirrel, suslyk [ürkä RI:1836 Sagay, Koybal]; soyaŋ ürkäzĭ RI:1836 marmot; cf dial örge.
Dravidian
er.go_ a small mouse mostly found in fields /Kur.ux [sk]
er.ge a small field-rat /Malto [sk]
(1) Indo-European/Slavic
siniger titmouse /Bulgar
(2) Indo-European
argilos 'a mouse' /Thracian [cb2]
(3) Indo-European/Balto-Slavic
žurka; špiks
rat /Latvian![]()
One, individual, together, collective; entire, whole
egész(en)
{egy+ösz+en} all, entire, whole, complete; egész-ség health /HungarianUralic
wec'e
collective,common /UHungarian egész is possibly of Alanic origin. [Chong]
Hungarian egészség literally means "state of completeness" which translates into "health" and is derived from egész + the suffix -ség which means "state/condition of" here.
Sumerian
kiš, keš totality, entire political world (name of the powerful city in the north of Sumer that first bound together and defended the cities of Sumer) [jh]
ğešta, ğeš
2,3,4, ğiš2,3 sixty [jh]In a number system, the base ("60" in the sexagesimal number system in use in Sumer) may be thought of as defining the "whole". Consider the modern notion of 60 seconds making ONE minute and so on, which is said to derive from the Sumerian use of the sexagesimal system. Perhaps the ancients had a similar concept or notion of "completeness" - just speculation.
Afro-Asiatic (??)
Cognate Set < Ehret (1987) , #404> [oi4]
Cushitic, Agaw
aq- enough (to be), suffice /Bilin
Cushitic, South
?'ax- sated (to be) /Proto Rift
Basque
guzti (B,G,U) (adv.) all, every, whole, entire; guzi (G,L,LN,Z) (adv.) everything
Indo-European
Albanian
gjithe' [pron indef] (tg) each; whole, all, full /Albanian [bd]
Classical Greek [lsj1] (????) < "to make whole, entire" ?
akes-ias (iatros) one who heals, physician or surgeon
akes-is , eôs, hê, healing, cure 2. mending, repair
akes-tos , ê, on, curable; akes-mios , on, curable; akes-ma , to, remedy
cf. Etruscan axu, axunie, acesia "healer, physician" [az96]
Muskogean/Eastern (?)
aissi medicine, pills, drug {poss. a- /hissi} Var: ahissi /Alabama [tm]
egy
one /Hungarian {/gy/ similar to palatised /d'/}Uralic
igg one /Old Hungarian
Officially, egy "one" is possibly related to így "so this, like this" [Chong]
(?) *ükte (Proto Uralic) [Chong]
üks (Estonian); yksi (Finnish); yit (Khanty); @t'ik (Komi) / ok'tâ (Lp) / äkw (Man's'i); ikte (Mari) [Chong]
Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
ahd (m), aht (f) one /Ugaritic
yxyd A /Aramaic [cal]
1 Syr lone, unique 2 Syr adv alone
LS2 300
LS2 V: iyxiyd abs. voc: iyxiyd
yxydy A /Aramaic [cal]
1 Palestinian,CPA,Sam,Syr lone 2 Syr hermit, member of a monastic order 3 Palestinian,Syr individual 4 Syr singular 5 JLAGal,JBA single authority
LS2 300
LS2 V: iyxiydAy abs. voc: iyxiydAy
xdny A /Aramaic [cal]
1 Syr unique 2 Syr singular 3 Syr solitary 4 Syr grammatical term singular
LS2 215
LS2 V: xdAnAy
Cognate Set <Bergsträsser (1983) , #158> [oi4]
Semitic
e_du single, alone /Akkadian
?'e_h!a_d one /Hebrew
h!ad_ one /Syriac
ah!adu one /Geez
ah!adun one /Arabic
Etruscan
thu one [lb]
Sumerian
aš
one {Sumer š > Hung cs > gy}Hurrian
aika
one /HurrianSino-Tibetan
Chinese meaning "be one; single; whole"
yi 1 /Modern Chinese < ?jit /Middle Chinese < ?it /Old Chinese [ss]
Altaic
*biuri one /Altaic [ss]
*bir /Turkic [ss]
*büri /Mongol [ss]
*piri /Korean [ss]
*pito' one /Japanese [ss]
pjito /Ancient Japanese [ss]
hitotsu /Tokyo[ss]
itsu- [ = hitotsu] one; a unit /Japanese
Tungus
uda the first of 2 or 3 sons /Manchu [as]
uju (udzˆu) head, first /Manchu [as, (Chong)]
ujulembi to head up, to be in charge /Manchu [as]
Japanese
ichi one
Japanese ichi is supposedly a loan from Chinese.
(1) Indo-European
Greek
ça 'one'; ăTj `one and the same' [bd]
Slavic
один
(odin) 1. num. one; 2. prn. a certain; 3. alone /Russian{f. одна (odna), nt. одно (odno)}
(2) Indo-European
Indo-Iranian/Indo-Aryan
éka one /Sanskrit
Quechua
huk // suk // uj // huk; huq; uk // juk "one" [cg2]
egyegy
each /HungarianAltaic/Tungus
ududu several, many /Manchu [as]
egyed
individual /HungarianUralic
Root is Hungarian egy 'one'
{/gy/ similar to palatised /d'/}
Afro-Asiatic/Semitic
з
gd to gather together; зhdy together /Phœnician [cgj]ahdy alone; ahdh together /Ugaritic
Basque
-ekin {accompaniment `with')}
The case suffix which defines the comitative marker in most varieties of Basque. It has the following origin: it is a reduced form of a full postpositional phrase
*<-e kide-n> or *<-en -kide-a-n> 'in the company of', where
(a) <-e> is an old genitive suffix
c.f Hungarian genitive suffix <-é>
(b) the stem <-kide> is an element which in the modern language chiefly functions as a noun- forming suffix meaning 'fellow', 'mate', 'companion',
c.f. Hungarian ketten 'the two of us' < két 'two', kettő 'two, a couple of'
(c) and the final element is the ordinary locative case-suffix <-n> 'in, on, at'.
c.f. Hungarian locative suffixes -on, -en, -ön, -n 'in, on'
So the whole thing is genitive <-e> or <-en> 'of' + <-kide>, apparently here in the sense of 'company', + locative <-n> 'in'. The ordinary article <-a> 'the' may or may not have been present after <-kide> in the original formation. [lt3]
Dravidian
okut, okti one thing; ok one (Parji); ukut., okut. one woman or thing (Gadba); o_ko_, o_ko_re_ one each (Gondi); onghon once (Kur.ux); okka together (Tamil, Malayalam); oka one (adj.), single; oka~d.u, oko~d.u one man (Telugu); okata, okati, okatuka, okate one woman; okat.i, okot.i one thing (Telugu); okkon one man (Kolami, Naikri); or..gu, oggu, orgu assemblage (Kannad.a); oggad.a oneness, concord (Tulu); orukka for each (Tamil) (DEDR 990) [sk]
ogga_ a mass of seeds sown thickly in one place; ogga_ ha_ku to sow thickly with a view of transplantation; oggu to become one, to unite with, to meet together (Kannad.a, Telugu); ogga_ to become one, be united (Tulu); oggu, orgu, or-gu an assemblage, a mass; oggara a heap, a mass (Kannad.a) (Kannad.a lex.) [sk]
Etruscan
tunur one at a time [lb]
thuta "people" < "entire, whole, one?" [suggested in mc: on page EtruscanTH.html]
(1) Indo-European/Indo-Iranian
ittihad being single, being one; union, concord, intimate friendship /Persian (Farsi) [fjs]
From Semitic/Arabic according to [fjs]
(2) Indo-European
*teutā-
tribe /PIE [ahd]Germanic
Dutch, Deutsch, Teuton [ahd]
Italic
Possibly Latin totus all, whole (? < "of the whole tribe") [ahd]
(3) Indo-European/Indo-Iranian
ekadā
(adv.) at one time, simultaneously /SanskritNostratic
'UXdE, 'UQdE "one, only" [Dolgopol'skij Etimologija 1967) cit. ag 1978]
[cited in mc: on page EtruscanTH.html]
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egyen
-es straight, upright, honest; egyen-értek equal, equivalent /HungarianSumerian
genna, gena, ginna, gina[TUR+DIŠ] constant; regular; small; the planet Saturn (possible loan from Akk. kajjamaanu, kajjaanu, and kaanu 'constant' [jh]
ĝin, ĝen (n.) steadiness, reliability, constancy; (adj.) ordinary; firm, solid. [jh]
Altaic
*adV to fit, equal, similar /Altaic [ss]
göni straight, direct /Turkmen [glnp]
Dravidian
ogi order, a range or line; ogin in order (Telugu); oykane orderly, properly, exactly, clearly (Kannad.a); vaime straightness, fitness, rectitude (Tulu); uira'a_na_ to put in order, arrange (Kur.ux)(DEDR 986). [sk]
iken, ikin, ikinan, imin, iminan as large as, as much as (Mundari); okka to be equal (Telugu) (Mundari .lex.) [sk]
o_je a row, line, heap, mass, regularity, order, propriety; o_jayila a man of propriety; o_jisu to be properly or carefully performed (Kannad.a); o_ja a row, line, regularity, order, manner, way (Telugu) (DEDR 1038). [sk]
uje, ujene truth, accuracy, certainty; true, etc.; truly, etc. (Kui); u_jjoje'e falsely; u_jje'e falsehood; ucee veh'nasi liar (Kuwi); ujgo_ uprightness, moral rectitude; adj. straight, upright; straight, right, true, straightforward (Kur.ux); ugjo true, real; truth (Malt.o) (DEDR 583A). [sk]
Indo-European
Classical Greek [lsj1]
euthus 1. straight, direct, whether vertically or horizontally 2. in moral sense, straightforward, frank, of persons; euthutês [u^], êtos, hê, (euthus) straightness as opposite to bent, crooked; righteousness; aten-ês, es, (I) stretched, strained 2. intense, excessive 3. straight, direct 4. of diseases, obstinate (II) 1. of men's minds and speech, intent, earnest 2. unbending, stubborn; ithus 1. straight 2. in moral sense, straight-forward, just
Indo-Iranian/Iranian
haj a straight and erect position; preparation for an expedition; erecting anything in the manner of a spear, holding it perpendicular; rectitude /Persian [fjs]
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Evening, night
éj
night /HungarianUralic
Also see Hungarian éj-szaka "night"
{Hungarian /j/ sounds like English /y/ in /yes/}
Two suggested possibilities for the source of Hungarian éj
a) *eje (Proto FU) [Chong]
õõ (Estonian); yö (Finnish); @j, j@j (Khanty); oj, voj (Komi); iggjâ (Lappish); ii, jii (Man's'i); ve, vej (Mordvin); uj (Udmurt) [Chong]
b) (? it@n (Eastern Khanty); jetn (Southern Khanty); iit', jeet' (Man's'i); jüt (Mari) // nood'i evening (Kamas ); niude evening (Koibal); üüte evening (Šölqup)) [Chong]
Sumerian
gíg, ğíg, gi
6, ge 6, ği 6, ğe 6, mi, mé, ku 10; gi 25 (n.) night [jh]Altaic/Turkic
gije night; gije-gündiz day and night; gijeki (adj.) night /Turkmen [glnp]
gijara before sunset /Turkmen [glnp]
(? ay moon (Azeri); ai moon (Tatar); ay month; moon; uydu moon (Turkish)) [Chong]
Basque
gau (C) night
este
evening /HungarianDravidian
isto (also is'to) last night /Brahui
Sumerian (?)
uzu5 evening, sunset.[jh]
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ék
wedge, edge, point /HungarianUralic
Hungarian ék is 'possibly' of FU origin. [Chong]
Altaic
oki 'tip, edge' /Mongol
{thought to derive from Turkic although the word may be also a genuine cognate!} [ss]
*a\k`o sharp point, notch /Altaic [ss]
*ok arrow /Turkic [ss]
oq (Orkh., OUig) /Old Turkic; ok /Turkish; uk /Tatar; ox| /Azeri; ok /Turkmen; ug|ú /Chuvash; ox /Yakut [ss]
*(x)akata cross-bow, bow /Tungus [ss]
akata, akota /Even [ss]
*a\kua\jai\ pheasant's spur /Japanese [ss]
a\kuo\je\ Old Japanese [ss]
*a:\gV sharp, whet /Altaic [ss]
*ag 1 part of blade (close to handle) 2 notch on fish-fork /Mongolian [ss]
a:g 1 /Khalkha; aG 2 /Kalmuck [ss]
*a:ge- / a:ga- 1 arrow point, notch 2 whetstone /Tungus [ss]
ag|at 1, ag|an 2 Negidal; atan 1 Manzhu; an|a~ 2 Nanai; a:g|ún 2 Even; a:g|en 2 Evenki [ss]
Caucasian
*k.we>k.e> (~-a">-,-i>) edge, point, corner /North Caucasian [ss]
*k.w|ik.V-n teat, nipple /Andian [ss]
k.uk.un /Chamalal [ss]
*k.w|a"k. / *k.a"k.w| 1 top, edge 2 point, tip /Lezghian [ss]
k.uk. 1 /Lezghi; k.ak. 1,2 /Tabasaran; k.ek.w| 1 /Agul; k.a"? 1 /Rutul; k.ek. 2 /Budukh [ss]
*k./w|ak./@ corner /Abkhaz-Adyghe [ss]
a-k.w|a/k./ /Abkhaz [ss]
*=a>h|wV edge, point; face /North Caucasian [ss]
Etruscan
*ak- point [az96]; aclxn sharp [az96]; acrie pointed [az96]
Indo-European
Reconstructed
*ak'- sharp /PIE [cb]
*h2(o)k/-uo- sharp, pointed /PIE [bd]
Italic
ācer
-cris, -cre sharp, cutting, keen /LatinAlbanian
*aha- to sharpen /Proto Albanian; eh to sharpen, point /Albanian [bd]
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Plow, farmer, to hoe, cultivate; field, pasture
eke
plow, plough /HungarianUralic
Hungarian eke "a plow, plough" is supposedly of Turkic origin. [Chong]
Sumerian
agar (2,3), ugar field; commons [jh]
Afro-Asiatic
kr pasturage /Phœnician [cgj]
Cognate Set <Cohen (1947), #1> [oi4]
Cushitic, East
erk, gee place /Afar; rikee place /Saho; irge place /Oromo; hag, hal place /Somali
Semitic
?'kr cultivate /Proto Semitic [oi4]
ikka_ru farmer /Akkadian
?'kr plow, till, cultivate; h!aql field /Arabic
hgr country /Old South Arabian
h!aql field /Geez
?'ikka_r farmer, husbandman /Hebrew
hawana /Tigre
hagar city /Geez
h!aqla field /Aramaic
Egyptian
?'kr earth god (Aker) /Old Egyptian
Berber
.kl earth god; akaal land; ig@r field /Berber
Cognate Set <Bergsträsser (1983), #76> [oi4]
Semitic
eqlu field /Akkadian
h!eleq field /Hebrew
h!aqla_ field /Syriac
h!aql field /Geez
h!aql field /Arabic
Cognate Set <Leslau (1987) , p. 202b #5> [oi4]
Cushitic, Bedawiye, Beja
garha field, arable land (Bedawiye, Beja)
Semitic
garaaht, garh field, arable land /Geez
Altaic
*agula uninhabited place, wilderness /Altaic [ss]
*aglak 1 lonely, uninhabited (place) 2 unemployed, out of work 3 field /Turkic [ss]
*ag|ula mountain /Mongol [ss]
*agula:n meadow, plain /Tungus [ss]
*àk`u to dig, delve /Altaic [ss]
*uku- /Mongol
*akiri- /Tungus
*ùkàt- /Japanese [ss]
ugatsu to dig; cut through; pierce; excavate /Japanese
aGa (Chuvash); ik- plow, sow (Bašqort); äk- plow, sow (Chagatai, Uigur); ek- plow, sow (Osman) [Chong]
Basque
agirre (n.) pasture; place of heather; (adj.) manifest, obvious < Romance
Caucasian
*qwy>?rV: / *r?y>qwV: field, arable land /North Caucasian [ss]
*qaw arable land, field /Nakh [ss]
qa /Chechen; qa /Ingush; qaw /Batsbi [ss]
*qurHV field /Andian [ss]
x|ur /Avar; x|ur /Andi; quri /Akhvakh; x|uja /Chamalal; x|uja /Tindi; x|ure /Karata; x|uri /Botlikh; huri /Bagvalal; x|uri /Godoberi [ss]
*G|u- ( ~ *G|:-) field /Tsezian [ss]
G|udu /Khvarshi; G|Iudul /Inkhokvari [ss]
qu field /Lak [ss]
*qu field /Dargwa [ss]
qu /Akusha; qu /Chiragh [ss]
*x|uj field /Lezghian [ss]
x|u-t.al Tabasaran; x|u Agul; x|uj Rutul; ux| Archi [ss]
*r@q:(w|)a 1 (arable) field 2 steppe 3 valley /Abkhaz-Adyghe [ss]
a/-rx|a 3 /Abkhaz; rqa 1,2 Abaza; tx|w|a 1 /Ubykh [ss]
Dravidian
a.ka biggest flat land of a man's holdings (Kod.agu) (DEDR 336).[sk]
et.a_r plain, open field (Tamil) (DEDR 781) [sk]
ug- (ur.t-) to plough, be ploughed; ukl act of ploughing (Kota); ur..ata, ur..uvike, ur..ike, ur..uke, ur..ke, ukke ploughing (Kannad.a); dukki ploughing, tillage (Telugu); ugta_ a plough, ploughshare (Kur.ux) (DEDR 688). [sk]
(1) Indo-European
Classical Armenian [cao]
erkir earth
(2) Indo-European
Reconstruction
Oldest form *aĝro- field /Proto IE [ahd]
Classical Greek [lsj1]
agros, ou, ho, field, mostly in pl., fields, lands; tilled land, opp. fallow !!!!!
Italic
ager, agrī field /Latin < earlier *agros district, property, field [ahd]
Germanic
æcer field /Old English < *akraz /Proto Germanic [ahd]
(3) Indo-European
Reconstruction
*h2ok/-et-i- 'harrow' /PIE [rd]
Italic
occare (v.) 'to harrow' /Latin
Germanic
egida `harrow' /Old High German [rd]
eg(e)t|e `harrow' /Old English [rd]
Balto-Slavic
*es/-et-i- /Proto Balto-Slavic [rd]
ake`/ĉios, eke`/ĉios (dial.) `harrow' /Lithuanian [rd]
ecě(k)ŝas `harrow' /Latvian [rd]
aketes `harrow' /Old Prussian [rd]
Barren, unproductive, unfruitful, wasteland, wilderness
gyér
scanty, scarce, thin /HungarianUralic
Expert source says Hungarian gyér {/gy/ palatised /d'/}is of unknown origin. [Chong]
Hungarian ugar is another word believed to be from Slavic. [Chong]
Afro-Asiatic
Semitic (?)
yqr V /Aramaic [cal]
011 Syr to be heavy 012 Syr to be laden 013 Syr %(al% to be difficult 014 Syr to be honored 015 Syr,JBA to be precious 016 Syr to be rare 017 Syr to be dull 018 JLAGal,CPA,Sam to go up in price 021 Palestinian,Syr to honor 022 Syr to esteem 023 Syr to grant 051 Syr,JBA to be honored 052 JBA to rise in value 031 Syr to make heavy 032 Syr to be honored 033 Palestinian,JBA to honor 061 Syr to be laden
LS2 307
(gr A /Aramaic [cal]
1 Syr thick 2 Syr heavy 3 Syr frequent 4 Syr crude 5 Syr terrible 6 Syr wild
LS2 510
LS2 V: (gar
Cognate Set <Cohen (1947), #45> [oi4]
Cushitic, Agaw
kurir- sterile /Bilin
Egyptian
ac#re_n sterile /Copic Egyptian
Berber
tigg@rt sterile female /Berber
Altaic
*agula uninhabited place, wilderness /Altaic [ss]
*aglak 1 lonely, uninhabited (place) 2 unemployed, out of work 3 field /Turkic [ss]
*ag|ula mountain /Mongol [ss]
*agula:n meadow, plain /Tungus [ss]
Basque
agor dry; unproductive, barren, sterile; hard; agorra (n.) drought; (adj. fig.) exhausted
Basque agor is applied to land which fails to produce crops, to springs which have ceased to flow, and to women and female animals which fail to produce offspring. [lt]
Caucasian
*q_wVre: fallow /North Caucasian [ss: 1631]
*rV-k:w|VrV fallow /Andian [ss: 1019]
rak:u/ri /Avar [ss]
q:ur arable field, q:uruqu fallow /Lak [ss: 629]
*=iGwA>r dry, to dry /North Caucasian [ss]
*=aq.- dry /Nakh [ss]
=eq.a /Chechen; =eq.a /Ingush; =aq.i~ /Batsbi [ss]
*=iq.:w|V- dry /Andian [ss]
=aq.:w|arab /Avar; =eq.:u-b /Andi; =uq.:ada /Akhvakh; =eq.:u-b /Chamalal; =eq.:u-b /Tindi; =eq.:u-b /Karata; =eq.:uq.:i-b /Godoberi [ss]
*qoqV- A dry /Tsezian [ss]
quqqa":si /Tsezi; quqes /Ginukh; quqqa /Khvarshi; quqqu /Inkhokvari; qoqoro /Bezhita; qoqoru /Gunzib [ss]
q.a-q.-s:a dry /Lak [ss]
*=erG|w|V- dry /Dargwa [ss]
=erub-si /Akusha; =erG|ub-ze /Chiragh [ss]
*?iq.:w|ar- dry /Lezghian [ss]
q.uraj /Lezghi; q:uru /Tabasaran; ruq:uf /Agul; q:urud /Rutul; q:urna /Tsakhur; q:uru /Budukh; q.ure /Archi; q:ari /Udi [ss]
q.i dry, to dry (out) /Khinalug [ss]
*G|w|V to dry out, get dry /Abkhaz-Adyghe [ss]
a-?|w|a-ra/ (Abkhaz); ?|w|a-ra (Abaza); G|w|@-n (Adyghe); G|w|@-n (Circassian); G|@- (Ubykh) [ss]
Austro-Asiatic
kharkhan.d. barren, unfruitful as certain kinds of soil; kharna saline soil, an unproductive kind of clayey soil; kharnat.ia clayey soil (Santali.lex.) [sk]
Dravidian
ka.r. (obl. ka.t.-) jungle without trees, uncultivated ground, unfenced field (Kota)(DEDR 1438);
ed.a_ri a desert (Telugu) (DEDR 781) [sk]
karuntarai waste land; karuntit.ar high mound, hillock; karunilam barren soil; useless, waste land; karat.t.u-t-tarai rugged, uneven ground; hard, clayey soil (Ta.lex.) [sk]
Indo-European
Classical Greek [lsj1] {?}
aerg-ia, Ion. -iê [i_], hê, anot-working, idleness 2. of a field, a lying fallow or waste; argeô (argos, aergos):-- to be unemployed, do nothing II. Pass., to be left undone; to be fruitless
Celtic
gort , goirt famine, Irish gorta, Old Irish gorte; Indo-European gher, desire, want; Greek @Ghréos, necessity, @Ghrcï/zw, wish; English yearn. [mcb] (????)
Slavic
ugar fallow /Serbo-Croatian
úhor fallow /Slovak
ugar fallow /Bulgar
Indo-Iranian/Iranian
`aqir barren (woman); not procreating (man); unfruitful (tree); one who hamstrings; a high sand-hill, where nothing grows /Persian [fjs]
[fjs] says this is a loan from Semitic/Arabic
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Group marker
-ék
suffix /HungarianUralic
Hungarian suffix -ék when
1) attached to names of persons and professions denotes somebody's family and corresponds with the English suffix -s;
2) can be added to other words (not only persons) to denote a group
Basque
-ok suffix used with articles and nouns to express being part of a group
Burushaski
-ek suffix is added to the singular or plural of the word to form the group plural (also called ‘double plural’) [dg]
Plural marker
-k
suffix to denote plurality /HungarianUralic
The plural marker -k is the exception rather than the rule in the Uralic family. It apparently only occurs in Hungarian and Lapp. [see Künnap]
guolek (plur.) fish /Lapp
"The 2Psg suffix -k of the Lapp conjugation belongs here, too, thus the derivation of -k from the common Finnic form -t is absurd". [Künnap]
halak (plur.) fish /Hungarian
(I) Plural of Nouns in Hungarian
(a) Elision
(i) in a few bisyllabic nouns the second vowel is dropped in the plural for example, torony 'tower' -> tornyok 'towers'
(ii) in words ending in the suffix -alom, -elem the second vowel (of the suffix) is dropped in the plural.
(b) Shortening
A few words with a long vowel in the final syllable shorten it in the plural case, e.g. egér 'mouse' -> egerek 'mice'
(II) Adjectives in Hungarian
(a) Front Vowel Adjectives
The linking vowel before the plural suffix -k is always -e-
kék 'blue' -> kékek 'blues'
(b) Back Vowel Adjectives
The linking vowel before the plural suffix -k is always -a- with a few exceptions.
piros 'red' -> pirosak 'reds'
Some exceptions include nagyok, boldogok etc.
Austro-Asiatic/Munda,South
-ki plural suffix /Kharia [mw3]
Iberian (?)
The "primary" suffix -k-, seems to have been a pluralizing suffix. [jrr1]
Basque
-ak suffix expresses the plural of the definite article
Dravidian [sva]
In Brahui, the plural can be formed by adding suffixes -k, -âk and -âsk to the singular form.
Etruscan
-cva suffix formed a so-called 'collective adjective' [lb]
Indo-European
Classical Armenian [cao]
-k' plural suffix
duk' -- pronoun; nominative plural of <du> thou -- Ye; nok'a -- pronoun; nominative plural of <na> he, she, it -- they; ordik' -- noun; nominative plural of <ordi> son -- the children; vardzk' -- noun; nominative plural of <vardz> reward -- rewards
Indo-Iranian/Iranian [fjs]
-ha the plural termination, formerly mostly of things inanimate, as sang "a stone," sang-ha "stones," while the plural of animated beings was generally (not exclusively) formed by -an, as adami "man," pl. adamiyan "men, mankind." In modern Persian, however, the ending -ha has almost entirely superseded -an both for inanimated and animated beings. /Persian
Na-Dene
Athabaskan-Eyak
Dakelh (Carrier) [yd]
-ke suffix is the plural marker for a smaller number of nouns; (this is the usual way of marking the plural of kinship terms)
-ne suffix is the most common plural marker
Algic/Algonquian
Cree [gn]
-(w)ak suffix expresses the plural
e.g. sisip duck; sisipak. ducks
atim dog; atimwak dogs
Ojibwe [ob]
the plural suffix for animate nouns always ends with -g
the plural suffix for inanimate nouns always ends with -n
Potawatomi [pl1]
the plural suffix of animate nouns always end in -k
the plural suffix for inanimate nouns always ends with -n
Duality
két, kettő
two (a pair); ketten two, the two of us; together /HungarianUralic
*-kè(-) meaning "dual" in Proto Uralic [lc]
later becomes plural for Hungarian, két two (things)) but also in most Uralic languages for two.
*kakte- (Proto Uralic) [Chong]
kydy two /Mator; kavto two /Erzya [fv]
kaksi (Finnish); kät, katn (Khanty); kyk (Komi, Udmurt) [Chong]
Basque
kide (C) member,colleague, fellow,associate
-kide (C) suffix signifying companionship
kidego (C) companion; kidetu (C) (vi) to be similar, be alike, resemble; to pair (up)
Altaic
*ke/t`o (~k`-, g-, -o-,-t-) similar /Altaic [ss]
*ka>\th- to be similar, resemble /Korean [ss]
kat(h)- /Modern Korean; ka>\th-, ka>/t- /Middle Korean
*k@/t@/ resemblance, similarly /Japanese [ss]
koto, RJ -go/to/ku /Old Japanese; -gotoku /Tokyo [ss]
Turkic
go∫a two, a pair /Turkmen [glnp]
katmar two together (Kyrgyz - -mar is a suffix); katmär double (Osman) / qatîn repeatedly (Old Turkic) / xat double (Sakha) [Chong]
Tungus
katak companion (-k is a suffix); katlin in tandem (-lin is a suffix) (Ewen) [Chong]
Yukaghir [emas]
ki- 'two'
Caucasian
*q.Hwa": two /North Caucasian [ss]
*k.i- two /Andian [ss]
k.i-go /Avar; ĉ.e-gu /Andi; k.e-da /Akhvakh; eĉ.i-da /Chamalal; k./e-ja /Tindi; k.e-da /Karata; k.e-da /Botlikh; k./e-ra /Bagvalal; k./e-da /Godoberi [ss]
*q.w|y-nV A two /Tsezian [ss]
q.Iano /Tsezi; q.ono /Ginukh; q.Iw|ene /Khvarshi; q.Iune /Inkhokvari; q.ona /Bezhita; q.anu /Gunzib [ss]
k.i=a two /Lak [ss]
*k.w|i two /Dargwa [ss]
k.e-l /Akusha; ĉ.w|a-l /Chiragh [ss]
*q.Iw|a" two /Lezghian [ss]
q.w|e-d /Lezghi; q.Iu /Tabasaran; q.Iu-d /Agul; q.Iw|ad /Rutul; q.Io-lla" /Tsakhur; q.w|ad /Kryz; q.a-b /Budukh; q.Iw|e /Archi; p:aI /Udi [ss]
k.u two /Khinalug [ss]
*tqI:/w|A two /Abkhaz-Adyghe [ss]
?|w|-ba/ Abkhaz; ?|w|-ba Abaza; t.w|@ Adyghe; t.w|@ Circassian; t.q.w|a Ubykh [ss]
Indo-European
Italic
-que suffix represents the so-called enclitic conjunction "and" /Latin
repeated as -que....-que means 'both....and" /Latin
Committing heresy by including this suffix here for comparison!
Chukchee-Kamchatkan (?)
*quli another (другой) /Proto Chukchee-Kamchatkan [ss: PN287]
*quli , *quttą another, the second (другой, второй) /Proto Chukchee-Koryak [ss: PN723]
qul(i), quttą-
/Chukchee; qu*qula /Proto Itelmen [ss: PN292]
qula, Poss. qula(n) another (другой) /Sedank dialect; kalo-tumx (< kola-) vicinus /West Itelmen [ss]
Niger-Congo (?)
xaaj (v.) to divide, separate; xaaji (v.) to divide; xaajo (n.) part,portion /Wollof [pc2]
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el-
prefix meaning "away, off" /HungarianUralic
Official source says this is related to Hungarian elő (see next entry below)
*eð away, exit /Proto Ugric [Chong]
eeln far /Man's'i [Chong]
Sumerian
ul remote, distant (in time); ancient, enduring [jh]
Afro-Asiatic
'l from /Phœnician [cgj]
Altaic
Turkic
al=
to take, to receive, to get, to acquire; to buy; to deduct (arithmetic) /Khakas [kl]él
(knife) edge; elő forward; elő- fore-, ante; pre-, pro- /HungarianUralic
According to an official source, elő is the ultimate particle which is derived from a F-U root. [Chong]
*eðe forward (Proto FU) [Chong]
esi- pre-; ete-: edessä in front (of), ahead (of), before, eteen to the front, forward, etc. (Finnish); il@ forth, forward (Khanty); it forth, forward (Southern Khanty); eel forward; iilt in the front; before; iln, jäln to the front; (going) farther (Man's'i) [Chong]
Altaic
*a:la front side /Altaic [ss]
*a:l 1 front 2 forehead /Turkic [ss]
alyn 2 (OUig) /Old Turkic; al 1 (dial.), alyn 1, 2; 'face' /Turkish; al 1, al-d-y 1, alyn 1 /Tatar; alyn 2 /Azeri; a:lyn 1, 2 /Turkmen; om 1 /Chuvash [ss]
*a\r-p front /Korean [ss]
ap /Modern Korean; a\rp /Middle Korean
*a\ra\p-ar- to appear /Japanese [ss]
a\ra\p-ar-a- Old Japanese; araware/- Tokyo [ss]
Austric
aro, face, front. /Rapanui [anon]
Dravidian
alaku blade of a weapon; head of an arrow /Tamil; alagu, alugu blade of a knife, sword /Kannada; alūgu tip of an arrow, sword /Telugu [bur]
Indo-European
ealltuinn a razor, Irish ealtín, Old Irish altan, Welsh ellyn, Old Cornish elinn, Old Breton altin, Breton aotenn, *(p)altani; German spalten, cleave; Sanskrit pat, split; Old.Slavonic ras-platti, cut in two. [mcb]
Ulwa
ulu n. cutting-grass [ud]
Yuki
háli edge [y84]
él-énk
, eleven lively, quick, frisky, wantonly frolicsome /HungarianUralic
*elä live /Uralic
Sumerian
alad
life forceAustric
ora alive /Moriori [mor]
ora alive /Mäori [ua]
Basque
alai happy, joyful, merry
Dravidian
ul.an-, neut. ul.atu, 3 pl. m. ul.ar, neut. ul.a); un.t.u is, are (existence); ul.l.a who is, which is, true, actual; ul.l.atu, ul.atu that which is, truth, soul; ul.l.avan- he who has, rich person; ul.l.a_r those who are present, those who possess; ul.amai truth, reality; ul.avu real nature; un.mai existence, reality, state of being, nature, truth (Tamil); ul. to be there, exist; un.t.u there is, exists; ul.l.a existing, true, real, in or to which there is; ul.avu coming into existence; ul.l.avan rich; un.ma reality, truth; on.t.u has; ol.l.a having; ol.l.ama, on.ma existence (Malayalam.); ol. (3 pers. neut. od.o.) to exist, be in a place; od. truth (Kota); wil.d- (3 pers. wid.-i) to exist, be in a place (Toda); ul. (3 pers. un.t.u), ol. to be, have; adj. that is, that is true; ul.l.a being, having, being able; ul.l.atana state of being or having; un.t.u that is or exists, existence, existing; ol.(u)pu, ol.uhu essence, possession, trueness; un.mu to arise, come into existence (Kannad.a); ul.l.- (3 pers. un.d.i) to be, be in a place, have (Kod.agu); ul.l.- (3 sg. neut. un.d.u; pres. tense) to be, exist, have (Tulu); lohpa (loht-) to abide, remain, reside (Kui); loy-, lo_i- to remain (Kuwi); anning to be (pres. 1 sg. ut., 2 sg. us, 1 pl. un, 3 pl. ur)(Brahui) [sk]
Etruscan
ala vital, lively, moving, boldly [az96]
elusisnia agitation, movement [az96]
eluva the (two) Animators (i.e. the Dioscuri) [az96]
Indo-European
Celtic
iallach jaunty, lithe /Gaelic /[mcb]
Indo-Iranian/Indo-Aryan
e_la_yati
to be merry or frolicsome; to be wantonly mischievous in behaviour /Sanskriteme
mother, wife /Uralic, ama /Sumerian, ama /Altaic [fh16]Uralic
eme mother, wife /Uralic
Sumerian
ama mother [jh]
Afro-Asiatic
з
m mother /Phœnician [cgj]Altaic
ama
/Altaic [fh16]Basque
ama (C) mother
eme (C) female; feminine; smooth; coward, shy
-eme (C) suffix meaning 'female'
Dravidian
*am- female relation /Dravidian [ss]
ammâ mummy, mother /Brahui
Etruscan
amake married, spouse < joined [az96] /Etruscan
emel
to lift, raise; emel-õ lever /HungarianUralic
Hungarian is possibly of FU origin. [Chong]
*äl8m8 high; lift (Proto Ugric) [Chong]
Etruscan
emel (take by the) handle [az96]
eml-eget
to talk about sb.; to mention /HungarianUralic
Hungarian imád is 'possibly' of some FU origin. [see Chong]
The leading V in the Old Hungarian is not explained. [gzb1]
Dravidian
i_m place for cremation of the dead, burial ground (Tol. Er..ut. 328); i_makkat.an- funeral rites (Tiruvil.ai. Par..iya. 30); i_matta_r..i burial urn for the dead in ancient times (Pur-ana_. 256); i_ma-viti funeral rites (Pa_rata. Campava. 105); i_ma-van-am burning-ground (Te_va_. 84,7)(Tmil.lex.) i_mam burning ground (Ci_vaka. 210); funeral pyre (Pur-ana_. 23); id. (Tinn.); funeral (Tamil); i_mam cemetery, funeral pyre, funeral rites (Malayalam)(DEDR 540). [from sk]
Etruscan
ima ame "commemorate, commemeration, conclave" [az96]
imit-ve "commemorated (past)" [az96]
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