Magyar
Word List
EB-EM

List is approximately in English alphabetical order not Hungarian.

Eat, drink; food

ebéd dinner /Hungarian
éh-es hungry, starving, famished; éh-ség hunger, starvation, famine /Hungarian

Afro-Asiatic

Egyptian

obik bread, loaf /Coptic Egyptian [cgj]

Semitic

зpy 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) /Hungarian

Uralic

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) /Hungarian
ét-el food, meat, course (of food), dish /Hungarian

Uralic

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]
ess-en eat. {t>s} /German

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

(açnáti; áça; etc.) to eat, partake; āc,a food /Sanskrit

etet to feed; etet-és feeding /Hungarian

Altaic

Turkic/Khakassian

ottat= to pasture, to let graze, to feed (Sagay, Koybal, Kacha) [kl]

inni to drink /Hungarian

Uralic

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 /Hungarian

Uralic

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]
*(h)ečüg-le- /Mongol
*piče- /Tungus [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 /Hungarian

Uralic

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 /Hungarian
iv-ó drinker; ivó-víz drinking water /Hungarian

Uralic

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'- /Chukchee; iwwici- /Koryak; iwhisi-, hivhisit- /Palan; iw?ici- /Alutor [ss]

*'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 , š/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 /Hungarian
ébred- to awaken, wake up; ébreszt- to awaken, wake up /Hungarian

Uralic

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 /Hungarian

see Hungarian béka "frog"
see Hungarian teknõsbéka "tortoise"

Sweet, taste, tasty; charming, lovely; fresh, healthy

éd-es sweet < íz-es tasty {/-es/ adjectival suffix}< íz taste, flavour /Hungarian

Uralic

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 /Sanskrit

éd-es sweet; charming; lovely {/-es/ adjectival suffix} /Hungarian
üde fresh, blooming; üdít- to freshen, refresh /Hungarian

Uralic

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 /Hungarian

Uralic

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]

Sky, fire, sun; to burn etc.

ég (n.) sky; (v.i.) to burn; ég-et (v.t.) to burn, scorch; ég-ő burning, glowing /Hungarian
kohó foundry /Hungarian

Uralic

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 /Turkish
gün 1. sun 2. day /Turkmen [glnp]
kn day /Cuman [pbg]

Basque

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 /Hungarian

Uralic

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 /Hungarian

Uralic

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]

egér mouse /Hungarian
ürge gopher, marmot /Hungarian

Uralic

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
žiurkė rat /Lithuanian

One, individual, together, collective; entire, whole

egész(en) {egy+ösz+en} all, entire, whole, complete; egész-ség health /Hungarian

Uralic

wec'e collective,common /U

Hungarian 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, ğeš2,3,4, 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'/}
egyén, egyéni
individual /Hungarian

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

one {Sumer š > Hung cs > gy}

Hurrian

aika one /Hurrian

Sino-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 /Hungarian

Altaic/Tungus

ududu several, many /Manchu [as]

egyed individual /Hungarian
együtt together; with együtt-es joint, common, collective /Hungarian

Uralic

Root is Hungarian egy 'one'

{/gy/ similar to palatised /d'/}

Afro-Asiatic/Semitic

зgd 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 <>

(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 /Sanskrit

Nostratic

'UXdE, 'UQdE "one, only" [Dolgopol'skij Etimologija 1967) cit. ag 1978]

[cited in mc: on page EtruscanTH.html]

egyen-es straight, upright, honest; egyen-értek equal, equivalent /Hungarian
{Hungarian /gy/ similar to palatised /d'/ }

Sumerian

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]

Evening, night

éj night /Hungarian

Uralic

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); (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 /Hungarian

Dravidian

isto (also is'to) last night /Brahui

Sumerian (?)

uzu5 evening, sunset.[jh]

ék wedge, edge, point /Hungarian

Uralic

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 /Latin

Albanian

*aha- to sharpen /Proto Albanian; eh to sharpen, point /Albanian [bd]

Plow, farmer, to hoe, cultivate; field, pasture

eke plow, plough /Hungarian

Uralic

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 /Hungarian
ugar fallow; fallow farm land, waste land /Hungarian

Uralic

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

Group marker

-ék suffix /Hungarian

Uralic

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 /Hungarian

Uralic

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 /Hungarian

Uralic

*-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; qul(i), quccą- /Koryak; qulle, quli- /Palan; qul(i), quttą- /Alutor [ss]

*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]

el- prefix meaning "away, off" /Hungarian

Uralic

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- /Hungarian

Uralic

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 /Hungarian
ele-ve
archaic name for the holy spirit /Hungarian
él
to live; él-et life; él-ö living /Hungarian
vala to be /Hungarian

Uralic

*elä live /Uralic

Sumerian

alad life force

Austric

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 /Sanskrit

eme mother, wife /Uralic, ama /Sumerian, ama /Altaic [fh16]

Uralic

eme mother, wife /Uralic

Sumerian

ama mother [jh]

Afro-Asiatic

зm 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 /Hungarian

Uralic

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 /Hungarian
eml-ék memory, remembrance, monument; commemorative /Hungarian
ima a prayer; imád to worship /Hungarian
wimagguc, vimagguc, uimagguc, uimaggomuc "let us pray" /Old Hungarian {12th. Century}
(Modern, imádjuk "let us worship") [gzb1]
uimaggonoc "pray for (him)" /Old Hungarian {12th. Century}
(Modern, imádjanak (= imádkozzanak)) [gzb1]
uimadsaguc "their prayer" /Old Hungarian {12th. Century}
(Modern, imádságuk "their worship") [gzb1]

Uralic

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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