Magyar
Word List
GY-HA

List is approximately in English alphabetical order not Hungarian.

gyáva cowardly, faint-hearted /Hungarian

Uralic

The origin of Hungarian gyáva is unknown. [Chong]

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

Afro-Asiatic

gifa coward /Maltese

Altaic

*žujbe weak, bad /Altaic [ss]

*duawa- weak /Japanese [ss]

juowa- /Anc. Japanese [ss]

yowagi poor courage; faint-hearted; yowamushi weakling; coward /Japanese

Turkic

züwwetdin coward /Turkmen [glnp]

Dravidian

kavalai fear (Tamil); kavala perplexity (Malayalam); kavali to be distressed, troubled (Tamil) (DEDR 1328). [sk]

Indo-European/Indo-Iranian/Iranian (?)

yahfuf timid, cowardly; bold, intrepid; foolish, stupid; desert, uncultivated /Persian [fjs]

From Semitic/Arabic according to [fjs]

Quechua

qiwa weak; listless [q2]

gyenge weak, feeble, slack, indulgent, frail /Hungarian

Uralic

Hungarian gyenge is officially of unknown origin. [Chong]

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

Niger-Congo (?)

yanxa (va) to be loose, shaky, slack /Wollof [pc2]

Afro-Asiatic

jane be soft /Coptic Egyptian [cgj]

Altaic

Turkic

yngl light (not heavy) /Cuman [pbg]

Tungus

genggen weak /Manchu [as]

Austric

oeha, ngenge fatigued /Moriori [mor]
ngenge
jaded /Moriori [mor]

ngenge, hoha tire; ngenge, mae(a) tired /Mäori [ng]
ngenge
tired /Mäori [ua]

Sino-Tibetan

*C/yanH weak /Sino-Tibetan [ss]

z/an weak, flexible. /Tibetan [ss]
c/hwan?
be weak. Burmese [ss]

Dravidian

jan:ku to fear, hesitate (Telugu) [sk]

jank- slackness (of rope); jang- (jangy-) (rope or waistcloth) becomes slack or loose, (handle of tool) is loose (Kota); jan:gal.a slackness, looseness; jarur.. to move off, slip, drop down (Kannad.a); jan:ga_l.am a loose-garment (Telugu)(DEDR 2283).[sk]

cin:ku (cin:ki-) to diminish, wane, decrease, faint, fail, droop, decay, perish, elapse, pass away (as time) (Tamil); cing- (sun) declines after midday (Parji) (DEDR 2503). [sk]

jin.agu, jin.ugu, jinagu, jinugu thinness (as of texture, thread, powder, written letters etc.)(Kannad.a) (DEDR 2519).[sk]

Indo-European

Anatolian

gank to hang /Hittite [cb]

Indo-Iranian/Iranian/Avestan

ddenger thin /Pashto [tr]

gyep lawn, grass, turf /Hungarian

Uralic

gyep lawn, grass, turf /Hungarian

/gy/ is one sound like a palatised /d'/

Indo-European

Indo-Iranian/Iranian

gyab grass, verdure; grassy /Baluchi [mab]

/gy/ here consists of two separate sounds!

Child, offspring, seed

gyer-ek, gyer-mek child, offspring /Hungarian
mag seed, semen /Hungarian

Uralic

*munke seed, semen /Uralic

Hungarian gyer(m)ek is of unknown origin. [Chong]

{/gy/ sounds like a palatised /d'/ almost like English /j/}

Hungarian mag "seed" is officially thought to be of FU origin.

myg skirt, nether part of a woman's shirt; body of a shirt; mygõr body, trunk (Komi); mogõr, monggõr body (Mari); mugor body (Udmurt) [Chong]

also compare Hungarian [? mag-: reflexive pronoun - magam myself, magad yourself; maga him/her/itself, etc.] [Chong]

Sumerian

gur bear,carry; tur child, small, young; girim fruit,berry

Altaic

tor-lak young, inexperienced /Turk

Austric

uri offspring /Moriori [mor]

Meaning: Child

kari, kali, etc.- /Common Melanesian; karikik- /Sesake; gari- /Bugota [pkm]
terera- /Ambrym; dale- /Florida [pkm]

Meaning: Boy, lad; Girl

kora- boy, lad /Santali; kola- boy /Sora; kora hapa- boy (Kherwari, Santali); kora hau- boy /Mundari; kuri-hapan- girl (Kherwari, Santali, Savara); kuri-hau- girl /Mundari [pkm]

Meaning: Man

kol- /Munda; kur- /Malay [pkm]
tor- /Burumba; tolomo- /Ninowa [pkm]

Meaning: Person

tali- (Shark Bay, Lorediakarkar); taru- /Bonkovia [pkm]

Basque

geroko (C) descendant

Dravidian

kuruk child; mak child /Dravidian

Indo-European

Celtic

mac a son /Gaelic, Irish mac, Old Irish macc, Welsh mab, Old Welsh map, Cornish mab, Breton map, mab, Ogam gen. maqvi: *makko-s, *makvo-s, son, root mak, rear, nutrire, Welsh magu, rear, nurse, Breton maguet: Indo-European mak, ability, production; Greek @Gmakrós, long, @Gmákar, blessed; Zend maçanh, greatness; Lettic mázu, can, be able. Kluge compares Gothic magaths, maid, Anglo-Saxon magþ, English maid, further Gothic magus, boy, Norse mögr, which, however, is allied to Old Irish mug (pl. mogi), slave. The Teutonic words also originally come from a root denoting "might, increase", Greek @Gmc@nhos, means, Sanskrit mahas, great. Hence macanta, mild: "filial". [from mcb]

macamh a youth, generous man /Gaelic, Irish macamh, macaomh, a youth, Early Irish maccoem: from mac and caomh. [from mcb]

Germanic

mago (magu) son, man; mæ¯gð kin, tribe, province, nation /Old English [sc1]

cf. Altaic/Tungus/Manchu mukûn "clan, extended family, sub-clan, lineage" [as]

Quechua

churi child (referring to the father) [q2]

Ulwa

mak seed [ud]

mag-a you, self; mag-án (-ember) private (person); mag-ány solitude; lonely /Hungarian
mag-am me; myself /Hungarian

Uralic

Some think these Hungarian words may be linked to mag "seed". [Chong]

Altaic

migara one's person /Japanese
waga my; our; one’s own; wagami oneself; myself /Japanese

Muskogean/Eastern

machánhkàssi to be by himself/herself/itself, single /Alabama [tm]

"Similar", but note the etymology of this {ma- /chánhka-osi-hchi} [tm]

mák poppy /Hungarian

Uralic

*munke seed, semen /Uralic

magun poppy /Estonian; maggon `poppy' /Livonian [rd]

Indo-European

It is generally agreed that the word for 'poppy' found in I.E. is ultimately of non Indo-European origin. {according to [rd]}

Greek

mêkôn `poppy' /Greek [rd]

Germanic

ma:ho, mago `poppy' /Old High German [rd]
magosa:mo `poppyseed' /Old Saxon [rd]
valmoghe `poppy' /Old Swedish [rd] {val- means 'sleep'}

Slavic

makú `poppy' /Old Church Slavic; mak, ma/ka [Gens] `poppy' /Russian; ma/k `poppy' /Czech; mak `poppy' /Slovak; mak `poppy' /Polish; ma\ \k, ma\ \ka [Gens] beside ma\ka `poppy' /Serbo-Croatian; ma\k `poppy', ma/ka [Gens] /Slovene [rd]

Baltic

aguona\ `poppy' , ma~guone` (dial.) `poppy' /Lithuanian [rd] < German [rd]
maguo^ne `poppy' /Latvian [rd] < German [rd]
moke `poppy' /Old Prussian [rd] < possibly from Polish [rd]

makk acorn /Hungarian

Uralic

*munke seed, semen /Uralic

Hungarian makk "acorn" is officially of unknown origin. [Chong]

Caucasian

*mho>q_we ( ~ -?|-) oak-tree /North Caucasian [ss]

*mik:V acorn, oak-tree /Andian [ss]

mik: /Avar; nikw| /Chamalal; mix:i /Tindi; mik: (Anch.) /Karata

*mik:w| oak-tree, acorn /Dargwa [ss]

mig /Akusha

*maqIw|a acorn, oak-tree /Lezghian [ss]

meG|w| /Lezghi; maqIw| /Tabasaran; maqIw| /Agul; max|Iw| /Rutul; moqI /Tsakhur; meG| /Kryz; maqI / max|I /Udi [ss]

gyík lizard /Hungarian {/gy/ = palatised /d/}

Dravidian

*d.ok- lizard /Dravidian [ss]

*d.ok- lizard /Kolami-Gadba [ss]

d.okke /Kinwat Kolami; d.okka /Parji; d.okod.e "a kind of lizard" /Salur; d.okod.e "a kind of lizard" /Kondekor Gadba [ss]

*d.ok- lizard Gondwan [ss]

*d.ok-e lizard/Gondi [ss]

dokke: "a small lizard" /Betul-1; d.okke "sp. lizard" /Mandla; d.okke "sp. lizard" /Betul-2; d.okke "garden lizard" /Muria; d.okke "garden lizard" /Maria; d.oke /Maria; d.okke "sp. lizard" /Adilabad [ss]

Also Gondi_Tr pidri:-d.okke: the house-lizard; d.ogga:l chameleon [ss]

d.o:ki lizard /Konda [ss]

*d.ogd.-i chameleon, lizard /Kui-Kuwi [ss]

It seems that *d.og- meant 'lizard', while its derivative *d.og-d.- meant 'chameleon'; the latter is seen in Gondi_Tr d.oggal and PK [ss]

Indo-European/Greek (?)

zignis, idos, hê, a kind of lizard /Classical Greek [lsj1]

gyógy-ul to get better, to heal /Hungarian
gyógy-szer drug, medicine, physik; gyógy-áru(k) drugs, gyógy-á-szat therapeutics /Hungarian

Uralic

gyógyul is identical in origin to Hungarian 'good' according to [art:0 p.302]

{digraph /gy/ sounds like a palatised /d'/}

Altaic/Tungus

g'aodz salve, ointment /Manchu [as]

According to [as] the Manchu word is a Chinese loan [gao1-zi]

gyors quick, swift, fleet; nimble, fast, rapid; prompt /Hungarian {/gy/ similar to palatised /d/}

Altaic

*t`i_or(g)i quick, swift /Altaic [ss]

*tu"r(ge-n) quick, swift /Mongolian [ss]

tu"r, tu"rgen /Written Mongolian [ss]
tu"r, tu"rgen /Khalkha [ss]

*ta>\r'i/- to ride quickly /Korean [ss]

ta>\r'i/- /Middle Korean [ss]

sürg-et to urge; sürg-ős urgent, pressing; sürgős-en urgent-ly, swift-ly /Hungarian
sürg-öl-őd(ik) to bustle, stir /Hungarian

Dravidian

sarakkane swiftly; sarakkane sari to move quickly aside; sara, sara sarane quickly, hastily /Kannad.a; jar-r-ane quickly, rushingly /Kannad.a; jar-r-una /Telugu(Kannad.a lex.) cur-ukku quickness, rapidity; cur-ukkan- active, diligent person; hasty, irritable person; cur-ucur-u (-pp-, -tt-) to be in a hurry; cur-ucur-uppu hurrying; cur-uti swiftness, alacrity /Tamil; cur-ukku quickness; cur-ucur-uppu alacrity and dispatch /Malayalam; curk fleetness of foot (Ko.); cur-uku, cur-aku, curku quickness, speed /Kannad.a; curiki speed (Kod.agu); curuku quickness, speed, haste; quick, vivid /Tulu; cur-uku briskness, quickness /Telugu [sk]

Indo-European/Indo-Iranian

Iranian < Semitic/Arabic according to [fjs]

sari` quick, nimble, ready, swift, who makes haste; -- sari`u 'l-hisab, Swift of reckoning (God); -- sari`u 'z-zawal, Soon fading away, fleeting, frail /Persian [fjs]

sari`-an swiftly, with expedition /Persian [fjs]

Indo-Aryan

sarga-takta speeding with a rush (RV. iii.33.4); sarga-pratakta dashing forth with a rush (RV. i.65.6); saran.yu speedy, quick (RV. x.61.23); sari_ speeding; sari_man going, course (RV. ii.29.11)(Vedic.lex.) [sk]

To win, struggle, fight; Hero, man, warrior

győz to win; to win the battle, war /Hungarian {/gy/ similar to /dj/ ~ /j/ in English}

Afro-Asiatic

Egyptian

djзis contend /Old Egyptian [cgj]

Semitic

ġzw to strive, make a raid /Arabic root [ahd]

ġāzī "raider, warrior" active participle of ġazā "to strive, make a raid" /Arabic [ahd]

Indo-European

Indo-Iranian/Indo-Aryan

ji [jáhati; jigyé; ájesta] overpower; win by conquest; win battles /Sanskrit

késál to fight /Old Hungarian 14th. Century [ehh3]
küzd to struggle, fight, battle {-d is probably a suffix [Chong]} /Hungarian

Uralic

késál to fight /Old Hungarian 14th. Century [ehh3]

küzd to struggle, fight, battle {-d is probably a suffix [Chong]} /Hungarian

Hungarian küzd is possibly derived from a F-U root.

? kÅ¿stä to compete, race (Obdorsk Khanty); k@stä to run (of a horse) (KnVah, Vasjugan Khanty); kaasi race (Northern Man's'i) [Chong]

Sumerian

gaz (2) war; break, fracture [jh]

Elamite

kaza strike, smite [oi2]

Afro-Asiatic

Egyptian

k.sn (be) irksome, difficult /Old Egyptian [cgj]

Semitic

ġzw to strive, make a raid /Arabic root [ahd]

ġāzī "raider, warrior" active participle of ġazā "to strive, make a raid" /Arabic [ahd]

Altaic

Turkic

küc', güc' force; kazan-mak win /Turk

Japanese

kusen hard fighting; bitterly contested battle

It was kindly pointed out to me by the editor of "The Jurchen language and Script Website" [jl] that (contains Japanese coding)

kusen(‚­‚¹‚ñ,‹êí). is a Chinese loan. [jl]

Dravidian

gassâ attack; ghussa wrath, anger; grief, sorrow /Brahui

ka_ci difficulty, straits (Tamil); ga_si, gha_si trouble, fatigue, pain (Kannad.a); ga_si id. (Tulu, Telugu); ga_sincu to harass, vex, fatigue, exhaust; ga_sil(l)u to labour, be wearied, be harassed (Telugu) (DEDR 1430).[sk]

hös hero; young man; unmarried man; husz-ár horse soldier /Hungarian

Uralic

Officially, Hungarian hös is possibly of F-U origin

*kac'a hero (Proto FU) [Chong]

Sumerian

kuš 7 devastation, destruction; groom, valet, esquire, body-servant, boy [jh]
g'iš 2,3 man [jh]

Afro-Asiatic

Semitic

ġzw to strive, make a raid /Arabic root [ahd]

ġāzī "raider, warrior" active participle of ġazā "to strive, make a raid" /Arabic [ahd]

gys#2 (n.) /Aramaic [cal]

1 JLAGal,Syr,JBA,Mand army, troop
2 Syr band of raiders
3 Syr invasion

LS2 114,J 238

LS2 v: gaysA)

)swr#3 (n.) /Aramaic {/)/ = aleph} [cal]

1 Syr armed horseman

LS2 32

LS2 v: )eswAr

Altaic

Turkic

kisi "man, human being" /Cuman [pbg]

kiši /Altaic; gazi hero /Turk

Japanese

yūsha hero

Basque

giza-, gizaki (C) human

Chaldean

gusur hero

Indo-European

Celtic

gasraidh rabble, mercenary soldiers, Irish gasradh, band of domestic troops, "youths", from gas, military servant; borrowed from the Welsh gwas, whence English vassal. See fasdadh [mcb]

Germanic

hys warrior, youth /Old English

Armenian

xahcˆ brave, gallant (Old Armenian - Dorosmai) [Chong]

Indo-Iranian/Iranian

kas man /Pashto [tr]

γazi warrior, hero, person who fights for a noble cause /Baluchi [mab]

hot hero, warrior /(Noertern) Baluchi [mld]

Dual kingship

The Magyar nation, once long ago, had a dual kingship system of government not unlike that of the ancient Etruscans according to [alinei]

gyula 'military leader with executive power' /Hungarian

Uralic [alinei]

gyula 'military leader with executive power' /Hungarian

(ancient forms JILA, DZ-LA)

Hungarian Gyula can mean (a) male given name; (b) a war or military leader with executive power under the dual kingship of the Magyar nation; the other was called the Kende or (the nominal civil administrator)

This form of dual kingship has its origins in the Turkic nations

(/gy/ is similar to a palatised /d'/)

Altaic [alinei]

Bashkir yulay

Etruscan [alinei]

ZILA PRINCEPS CIVITATIS ‘chief of the Etruscan community’

kende 'revered king, but mostly ceremonial' /Hungarian

Uralic [alinei]

Hungarian KENDE (< Turkic), (ancient form K-ND-)

Altaic [alinei]

Tatar kündü, Khazar Kündäč 'reverence, deep respect'
Khakas Xündü 'respect, office bearer'

Mongol kündü 'important, respect'

Etruscan [alinei]

CANΘE REX ‘king, highest institutional authority’

gyümölcs fruit /Hungarian

Uralic

gimils fruit /Old Hungarian {12th. Century} [gzb1]
ģuemolcz fruit /Old Hungarian {16th. Century} [bm]

Officially, Hungarian gyümölcs is supposed to be of Turkish origin. [Chong]

{digraph /gy/ similar to palatised /d/}
{digraph /cs/ sounds like English /ch/}

[art: p.107] suggests that Hungarian gyümölcs 'fruit' may have been borrowed from the Turkic/Chuvash form jemich or jemilch

Afro-Asiatic

Cognate Set <Sasse (1983) , p. 246 #> [oi4]

Cushitic, East

gu`mak sycamore /Burji
guma fruit /Sidamo
guma fruit /Oromo

Altaic

zˆimeš (Tatar); jemi$ (Turkish) [Chong]
dzˆims (Khalkha) [Chong]

jemich, jemilch /Chuvash [art]

Austric

ngana, hua fruit /Moriori [mor]

gyúr to knead; hár-ít to smooth over; to avert, parry; to alleviate /Hungarian
{Hungarian /gy/ similar to palatised /d/}

Sumerian

duru5 , dur5 moist, supple [jh]

Ainu

turi to stretch [sm]

Sino-Tibetan

*j@:r spread, extend /Sino-Tibetan [ss]

g-jor sail, jar to disperse, ramble, stray. /Tibetan [ss]

jan2 to be unrolled and spread out, as a bundle, be extended, drawn out in a line, (H) @jan extended, continuous, nin|jan long (cf. also jai, @jai to scatter, throw about). /Kachin [ss]

za:r to spread or spread out (as wings), to hang up (as cloth). /Lushei [ss]

Altaic

*giari to stretch, spread /Altaic [ss]

*ger- to spread out, to hang /Turkic [ss]

ker- /Old Turkic; ger- /Turkish; ga"r- /Turkmen; kar- /Chuvash [ss]

*girke- to spread /Tungus [ss]

girkú- /Even; girke- /Evenki [ss]

*k@:r- 1 to hang on, put on (smth.) 2 to spread out /Korean [ss]

k@l-da 1, k@lĉhi-da 1,2 /Modern Korean; k@:r-thi/- 1 /Middle Korean [ss]

Tungus

ijurambi to knead, to rub /Manchu [as]

Basque

guri-tu to soften; to smooth out; to become tender; to soften up

gyűszű thimble /Hungarian

Uralic

Officially, Hungarian gyűszű is of Turkic origin. [Chong]

{Hungarian digraph /gy/ like a palatised /d'/}
{Hungarian digraph /sz/ like a sibilant /s/}

Altaic/Turkic

ÿüwse thimble /Turkmen [glnp]
ÿüzük ring /Turkmen [glnp]

yüksük thimble (Chagatai, Turkish); cˆüskük (Tuvan) [Chong]

ha if; when /Hungarian

Uralic

One official source says Hungarian ha is derived from a F-U root. [Chong]
Another source says it is possibly related to hogy "how". [Chong]

{Hungarian /gy/ like palatised /d'/}

-ko interrogative suffix /Vaddja [fv]

Etruscan

ic, ix and [pa]; as, how, if, like [az96, mp68, pa, dep]
ic, ich, ichnac how [lb]
ica, ika this [lb]

Etruscan /c/ like /k/ while /x/ like aspirated /k/

Indo-European/Indo-Iranian/Iranian

Avestan

ke, ka if; or /Pashto [tr]

Baluchi

∂g∂ if [mab]

Yuki

-ha (?), -?a(?) interrogative suffix [y84]

Altaic/Tungus

-o interrogative suffix /Manchu [as]

há-ny ( = interrogative) how many? /Hungarian

Uralic

*nk ? Uralic plural

nk, k Hungarian plural

ahány (rel. pron.) as many /Hungarian

{/a-/ prefix forms rel. pronouns from int. pronouns.}

annyi as much as /Hungarian

{Hungarian /ny/ similar to Basque or Spanish /ñ/}

Sumerian

ene Sumerian plural

Altaic/Khakas

änjä so much as {I:747 Sagay dialect} [kl]

Basque

ain (B,G) (adv.) "so"; hain (L,LN,Z,U) (adv.) so; so much; such; hoin (L,LN,Z); aina (B,G) (adv.) as much as; haina (conj.) as much as

Indo-European/Slavic

onoliko as much, so much, as many, so many /Serbo-Croatian

Yuki

haymas, hain-mas how (much or many) [y84]

hogy how, that /Hungarian {/gy/ same as palatised /d'/}

Uralic

hotj (conj) although /Vaddja [fv]

hog how; that /Old Hungarian {12th. Century} [gzb1]
hoģ how; that /Old Hungarian (16th. Century) [bm]

Origin of Hungarian hogy is FU. [Chong]

*ku where /Proto FU [Chong]

kuze how (Mari); koda how (Mordvin) [Chong]

kõda' how; koj@t what kind of... (Kamas); hunc'er' how; hun'angy which (N'en'ec'); kutar how (Šölqup) [Chong]

{Hungarian /gy/ like palatised /d'/}

Yukaghir [emas]

quode 'how?'

Niger-Congo (?)

kaatu (conj) because /Mandinka [pc1]

Indo-European

Classical Greek [lsj1]

hôs (relat. and interrog.), how
hôs (conjunction) with Substantive clauses, to express a fact, = hoti, that.

Italic/Latin

ŭt (or ŭti)

(1) with indic. verb how (interrog. and exclam.)
(2) with subjunctive: in indirect question, how etc.

quod (conj.) the fact that, whereas; because; etc; quŏt (indecl.) how many

Anatolian

kuit (conj.) because, since /Hittite [ho]

kot 'how' /Lydian [cb2]

{IE *kw- (interrogative pronoun stem), Hittite kuwat (how)}[cb2]

Indo-Iranian

kathám [Vedic kathā'] (interr. adv.) how?, in what way? /Sanskrit

hol where? /Hungarian

Uralic

Hungarian hol and hova are officially derived from FU. [Chong]

*ku where /Proto FU [Chong]

Yukaghir [emas]

qol- where?

hova whither?, where to? /Hungarian

Uralic

Hungarian hova and hol are officially derived from FU. [Chong]

*ku where /Proto FU [Chong]

Afro-Asiatic

Cognate Set <Sasse (1983) , p. 262 #> [oi4]

Cushitic, East

haba'lla where /Burji
ha'ba where /Darasa

Altaic/Tungus

aba where? /Manchu [as]
ai ba where? /Manchu [as]
ya ba, yaba where? what place?; yabade where? to what place? /Manchu [as]

Indo-European

Italic/Latin

ubi

(1) rel. adv. and conj., where, when
(2) interrog. adv. and conj., where?

Indo-Iranian

kvà, [Vedic kúa], (adv.) where? whither? /Sanskrit

Foam, wave, roll; wash out, river, bay

hab foam; hab-ok billows; the ocean; hab-leány mer-maid /Hungarian
hab-oz waver, hesitate, be reluctant /Hungarian
hemper-eg to wallow, roll about /Hungarian
himbál to swing; to roll; to rock, to balance /Hungarian

Uralic

Hungarian hab is thought to derive from FU. [Chong]

*kumpa wave /Uralic

Finno-Ugric

kumboldo- undulate (Erzya); kumpua- (Finnish); kump- (Khanty); hump- (Southern Khanty); gybav float (Komi); kombõldõ- bubble up, undulate (Mokša) [Chong]

Samoyedic

kaba wave (En'ec'); haamba wave (N'en'ec'); kongfu wave (Nganasan); komba- (Šölqup) [Chong]

Dravidian

kampam < kampa vibration, shaking, motion (Man.i. 17,63); kampitam quivering, quaking, trembling, shaking (Tiruva_ta. Pu. Man.cumanta. 56)(Tamil.lex.) kampan-am motion, vibration, shaking; quaking, trembling with fear (Ka_cippu. Tar..uvak.); kampalai trembling, quivering, quaking; uproar, tumult, quarrelling; kampittal to shake, toss (Kampara_. Paracura_map. 8); to tremble, quake (Tiruva_ca. 4,61); to shake, vibrate (Pirapo_ta. 23,12) (Tamil.lex.); kampa-va_tam shaking palsy, paralysis agitons (Ta.lex.) tun.ukkam trembling, palpitation of the heart through fear (Kampara_. U_rte_t.u. 97); vibration; tun.un:ku-tal to fear (Ta.lex.) [sk]

Sumerian

_ab lake, sea; ab-zu sentient sea [jh]

Afro-Asiatic

Semitic

qbh N qbt) /Aramaic [cal]

1 Syr foam of juice

LS2 640

LS2 v: qeb.t_A)

qwpy#2 N qwpy) /Aramaic [cal]

1 Syr mass floating on water 2 Syr foam

LS2 682

LS2 v: quwpyA)

Cognate Set <Dolgopol'skij (1973) , p. 152 #3> [oi4]

Bedawiye, Beja

hebib, hubbaat foam (Bedawiye, Beja)

Cushitic, East

h!embo foam /Saho; hinboo /Afar; humbi /Kambata; omac#a /Oromo; h!umbo(f.) /Somali

Altaic

*k`o/p`i (~-e) foam /Altaic [ss]

*ko"p- to swell, foam /Turkic [ss]

ko"pu"k 'foam' /Old Turkic; ko"pik 'foam' /Turkmen; kúw|búw|k 'foam' /Chuvash; ko"p- /Yakut [ss]

*ko"g|e- to foam, swell up /Mongolian [ss]

ko"gege-, ko"ge- /Written Mongolian; ke|he|- (IM), ku- (MA) /Middle Mongolian; xo":- /Khalkha; ko":- /Kalmuck; xue:- , xue:re-; xue:s 'foam' /Dagur; ko:-; ko:rs@ 'foam' /Monguor [ss]

*xapu- ~ *xopu- foam /Tungus [ss]

x|ofon ~ x|afun /Manzhu [ss]

*k@\phu/m foam /Korean [ss]

k@\phu/m Middle Korean [ss]
k@phum Modern Korean [ss]

*u:\jba foam /Altaic [ss]

*ibil- to flow (of milk from the udder at the time of sucking) /Mongolian [ss]

ibil-, ibel- , ibile- /Written Mongolian; ivle- /Khalkha; iwl.- /Kalmuck; ilu-, iwl@lg@:- /Dagur [ss]

*(x)o:b- 1 to get covered by foam 2 foam (on water) 3 to wash, wash off /Tungus [ss]

obo- 3, obon|gi 2 /Manzhu; o:vda- 1 /Evenki [ss]

*a\wa\ foam /Japanese [ss]

a\wa\ Old Japanese; awa/ Tokyo [ss]

kawa river; a stream; brook /Japanese

Austric

apa to move (things), to place, to put. /Rapanui [anon]

Ka apa te kumara ki roto ki te kete Put the sweet potatoes inside the basket [anon]

awa channel, river /Moriori [mor]

ip- water /Mendi; ipa- water /Kewa, Enga, Ipili; iba- water /Huli; ibo- rain /Awa; obe- water /Dorig; ebe- rain /Nengone; ubata- rain /New Georgia; abo-abo- rain /Tagalog; afa- storm /Samoa; afu- waterfall /Samoa [pkm]

Basque

apar (B,G,U); habuin (L) foam

Etruscan

ipas, ipase oscillating,wavering [az96]
*ep-/*ip- to vacillate, doubt [az96]

Indo-European

Greek

aphro-s "foam"

{Greek aphro-s "foam" resembles the Basque apar, but the Greek is without an explanation within the frame of Indo-European [mo]}

Celtic

òb a creek /Gaelic; from NNorse hóp, small land-locked bay, Scottish hope, Anglo-Saxon hóp, valley. [mcb]

tabh the sea, ocean /Gaelic; from Norse haf, Swed. haf, Danish hav, the open sea, Anglo-Saxon haef. From Norse also comes the Scottish (Shet.) haaf, open sea [mcb]

Anatolian

hapa a river /Hittite [cb]

Indo-Iranian

Iranian

âpa [ap] water /Avestan

kaf (S. kapha), Froth, foam, scum, soap-suds, spittle; a small quantity; a black tincture with which the eyebrows of a bride are dyed /Persian [fjs]

Indo-Aryan

ap- water /Sanskrit

kup (1) become moved or agitated; boil (2) be angry; boil with rage /Sanskrit

öböl bay (Bay of Biscay); öbl-ít to wash out, to rinse /Hungarian

Uralic

Officially, Hungarian öblít is thought to be possibly onomatopoeic.
Officially, Hungarian öböl is of unknown origin. [Chong]

Afro-Asiatic/Semitic

'uwbal river, canal /Hebrew (Old Testament Strong No: 0180)

Altaic

*u:\jba foam /Altaic [ss]

*ibil- to flow (of milk from the udder at the time of sucking) /Mongolian [ss]

ibil-, ibel- , ibile- /Written Mongolian; ivle- /Khalkha; iwl.- /Kalmuck; ilu-, iwl@lg@:- /Dagur [ss]

*(x)o:b- 1 to get covered by foam 2 foam (on water) 3 to wash, wash off /Tungus [ss]

obo- 3, obon|gi 2 /Manzhu; o:vda- 1 /Evenki [ss]

*a\wa\ foam /Japanese [ss]

a\wa\ Old Japanese; awa/ Tokyo [ss]

Basque

ubil (B,U) whirpool

Muskogean/Eastern

oowila to overflow its banks (of a creek or lake), flood /Alabama [tm]

Var: oowiila Var: oowihla [from tm]

pára moisture in air, mist /Hungarian

Sumerian

bír mistiness (of the eyes) [jh]

Indo-European/Slavic

para steam, vapour /Serbo-Croatian

Quechua

para rain; paray to rain [q2]

hadonász to gesticulate /Hungarian

Altaic

hadō a wave motion /Japanese

hagy to leave, let, allow, permit /Hungarian {/gy/ like a palatised /d'/}

Uralic [Chong]

Hungarian hagy is officially of FU origin.

*kað'a- abandon, leave (Proto Uralic)

kadota disappear, vanish (Finnish); kaˆj-, kyj- (Khanty); haˆj- (Southern Khanty); kol'- abandon; remain (Komi); guoððe- abandon, desert (Lappish); xuul'i to abandon; leave (Man's'i); koda- be left over; kode- abandon (Mari); kado- abandon, desert, leave behind (Mordvin); kyl'- remove (a garment); remain (Udmurt)

kae- abandon, leave behind (En'ec'); kojo- remain behind (Kamas); koae'- abandon, leave behind (N'en'ec'); kuet'a-, ku&ïa- desert (Šölqup)

Niger-Congo (?)

koodii (v) to desert, abandon /Mandinka [pc1]
gaadaay (v.) to desert /Wollof [pc2]

Altaic [Chong]

Turkic

qoy- let go (Azeri); hyv- construct, throw (a bridge); leave (a trace); place; put (Chuvash); koj- allow, decree, establish, order; abandon, leave; let (Osman); huot- elude, escape, overtake (Sakha); koy- let go [? kal- dwell; fall (a class); be left; remain; stay] (Turkish); kod- leave; put away (Uighur)

Mongol

xayax- abandon (Classical Mongol)

Tungus

[? haal- get lost (Ewenk)] / xodu- give up (Ulch)

Indo-European/Indo-Iranian/Iranian

kut` (v.n.) going off with; being active, alert, quick; fleeing, running away /Persian [fjs]

[fjs] says this is a loan from Semitic/Arabic.

haj-ít (hajigál) to throw, hurl, cast /Hungarian
íj bow; íj-ász archer {/j/ = English /y/} /Hungarian

Uralic

Officially, Hungarian hajít is related to hajigál- id. which is possibly derived from a FU root

koj- shed; shoot out (Komi); kaja- (Mordvin); kujal- (Udmurt) [Chong]

Officially, Hungarian íj "bow" is possibly of F-U origin.

jou(t)si (Finnish); jog@l (Khanty); joh@t (Southern Khanty); juok'sâ (Lappish); joowt (Man's'i); jangez' (Mari); jong(k)s (Mordvin) [Chong]

Ainu

ay arrow [sm]

Altaic

xaya- throw (Khalkha) [Chong]

Dravidian

ey arrow /Malayalam; e_y arrow /Kannad.a; eyyuka to shoot an arrow; eyttu shooting; eyyikka to cause to shoot; e_vuka to hurl, dart, shoot; e_vu shooting /Malayalam; ey- (ec-), i_y- (i_c-), icv- (ict-), ic- to shoot /Kota' e_yu to throw, fling /Telugu [sk]

Indo-European/Albanian

h(j)edh to throw; shoot /Albanian [bd]

Yuki

ke'-yu, kew, ku, kiu arrow [y84]

haj-l- bent, to bow; hajlani to be inclined; hajlékony flexible, supple; hajlít to bend, turn; haj-ol to bend, stoop; kajla bent; crumpled /Hungarian

Uralic

*kaje- to bow, bend /Uralic

Altaic/Tungus

hujumbi to bow one's head /Manchu [as]

Dravidian

kaj bent, crooked /Brahui

Indo-European/Anatolian

*hula- `winding, bend' (or sim.) /Cuneiform Luvian lexicon [hcm1]
<hui:llari- `winding, twisting' (??) /Cuneiform Luvian lexicon [hcm1]

haj-du cattle drover./Hungarian
haj-hász to hunt after to pursue sthn. /Hungarian
haj-sz-a hunt, chase, pursuit; haj-sz-ol to hunt, chase, pursue /Hungarian
haj-t to chase, drive, urge on, to press, push; to bow; to purge /Hungarian

Uralic

Ugrian *kuje to drive, possibly derived from haj-l bend?

ajaa to drive /Vaddja [fv]
ajõttaa v to chase away (trans.) /Vaddja [fv]
ajõvaa v to chase (intr.) /Vaddja [fv]

Afro-Asiatic

Cognate Set <Ehret (1987) , #153> [oi4]

Cushitic, Agaw

k'a"y hunt/chase after(someone) /Bilin

Cushitic, East

qai- *P kill /Yaaku

Cushitic, South

k'a't- go and see /Proto South Cushitic

Altaic

Turkic

haÿda-mak to do quickly, to rush; haÿdat-mak to drive, urge, hurry up /Turkmen [glnp]

Japanese

oitate chase; driving away

Chukchee-Kamchatkan

*'ajta- to drive (cattle); pursue; hurry /Proto Chukchee-Kamchatkan [ss]

Chukchee-Koryak

*ajtat- to drive (cattle); pursue; hurry /Proto Chukchee-Koryak [ss]

ag|ta/t- Chukchee; ajtat- Koryak; ajtat- Palan [ss]

Itelmen

*'ajtat- /Proto Itelmen [ss]

'ajtat- SO to drive (cattle); pursue; hurry /Sedank dialect [ss]
'ajtaty/@z; 'ajtataz 1 eegisse, agitare; exigere /West Itelmen [ss]

Dravidian

y- (s-) to chase (Toda); oy (-v-, -nt-) to drag along (as a flood), launch (as a boat), send forth, give; oyyal forwarding, giving; uy (-pp-, -tt-) to carry, take away, lead, guide, send, discharge (as arrow), give (Tamil) [sk]

Indo-European

Slavic

hajka hunt with pack; hunt, chase; pack of hounds /Serbo-Croatian
hajkati to pursue, chase, hunt, startle game; ferret /Serbo-Croatian

(1) Indo-Iranian

*Haj/- /Proto Indo-Iranian [al]

Iranian

azaiti [3sipa] `to drive (away)'; azaite [3sipm] `to drive (away)' /Late Avestan [al]
hays- `to drive' /Khotanese [al]

Indo-Aryan

aj- to drive, to sling /Sanskrit [al]

(2) Indo-Iranian

Iranian

haid (v.n.) moving, disturbing, driving off; frightening, oppressing the spirits; amending, correcting, restoring; turning, diverting; checking, chiding; propelling; disturbed /Persian [fjs]

Yuki

hąy- look for, hunt [y84]

hal fish /Hungarian

Uralic

*kala (Proto FU, Proto Uralic) [Chong]

kala (Finnish); kul (Khanty, Man's'i); guolle (Lappish); kol (Mari); kal (Mordvin) [Chong]

kala n fish /Vaddja [fv]

Sumerian

ha; ku6, kua fish [jh]

Afro-Asiatic

kel fish /Coptic Egyptian [cgj]

Austric

ika fish; hi to fish /Moriori [mor]

Quechua

challhua fish [q1]

Death, dead, to die, to kill; to lament, to cry. howl

hal to die; hal-ott dead, corpse /Hungarian
öl to kill /Hungarian

Uralic

*kole die /Uralic
kul (kul-ater) the devil associated with death /Ugrian

kuole- die /Finnish

Sumerian

gúr to die [jh]

galla, gullax a demon [jh]
gul (adj.) evil; enormous [jh]
gùl, gal5 to overwhelm [jh]
hul(3) (n.) evil [jh]

Elamite

halpi kill, die [oi2]

Afro-Asiatic/Semitic

gallu /Akkadian [em]

The Akkadian demons of the underworld. They are responsible for the abduction of the vegetation-god Damuzi (Tammuz) to the realm of death. [em]

Altaic

*a:lV to destroy, kill /Altaic [ss]

*Alk- to finish; destroy; Refl. perish, be exhausted, come to an end /Turkic [ss]

alq- (Orkh., OUig.), alq-yn- Refl. OUig. /Old Turkic; alk- (dial.);
alk-ys^- Old Osmanian 'to destroy (many)' /Turkish [ss]

*ala- to kill /Mongolian [ss]

*a:li- 1 to crumble (of earth, snow) 2 to kill an animal (after a long hunt) /Tungus [ss]

*oli ( ~ -e) to die; to be hungry, exhausted /Altaic [ss]

*o"l- 1 to die 2 (*o"l-tu"r-) to kill /Turkic [ss]

o"l- 1, o"lu"r- 2 /Old Turkic; o"l- 1, o"ldu"r- 2 /Turkish; u"l- 1, u"ter- 2 /Tatar; o"l- 1, o"ldu"r- 2 /Azeri; o"l- 1, o"ldu"r- 2 /Turkmen; vil- 1, vo">ler- 2 /Chuvash; o"l- 1, o"lo"r- 2 /Yakut [ss]

*o"l- 1 to be hungry 2 hungry /Mongolian [ss]

*(h)olbu- soul of the dead; shadow /Tungus [ss]

Basque

il (B,G) to die; hil (v.i.) to die; (v.t.) to kill; (n.) corpse
hil-dako dead,deceased

Dravidian

il non-existence, death; illai it is not; no; illa_mai absence, non-existence, poverty, want; illa_tavan- one utterly destitute; illa_n- poor man; ill-en-al death, negating existence; ilam, ilampai poverty; ili one who is without; /Tamil; illade gerund not being; illada adj. not being; illave state of not being /Kannad.a; ille be not (for all persons and numbers) /Kod.agu; hill- to be not/Gondi; hille is not /Kuwi [sk]

ula (-pp-, -nt-) to become diminished, be wasted, be devoid of, die, terminate; ulakkai end, ruin, death; ulappu wasting, perishing, defect, death, limit; ulai (-v-, -nt-) to perish, be ruined (as houses, land, crops); (-pp-, -tt-) to ruin; ulaivu ruin, destruction, defeat, poverty, trouble (Tamil); ulakkuka to shrink up; ulayuka to be impoverished, ruined; ulaccal, ulavu ruin (Malayalam)(DEDR 671). [sk]

kol (kolv-, kon-r--) to kill, murder; n. act of killing (Tamil); kolli killing; kula killing, murder (Malayalam); kol act of killing; kolga.rn murderer (Kota); kol, kolu, kollu (kond-) to kill, murder; kole killing, murder, slaughter (Kannad.a); koll- to kill (Kod.agu); kole murder (Tulu); koru, kori, korru to kill (Kor.ux); kollu id. (Telugu); kola murder (Telugu); xalling to strike, kill, fire (gun), throw (stone)(Bra_hui_) (DEDR 2132) [sk]

ku_l.i devil, demon (Tamil); demon, ghost (Malayalam); kole ghost (Kannad.a); kule id., apparition (Tulu) (DEDR 1918) [sk]

Chukchee-Kamchatkan

*ke.le>h@ "devil" /Proto Chukchee-Kamchatkan [ss]

*ka.la.h@. "wicked, vicious, evil"; "spirit"; "idol"1 /Proto Chukchee-Koryak[ss]

ke|l/?e| /Chukchee; kalah(@) /Koryak; kal/ak 1 /Palan; kala?a-n|; kalak 1 /Alutor

*kilg|u>l /Proto Itelmen[ss]

kilg|@l "devil" /Sedank dialect [ss]
kil/g|ul/ diabolus /West Itelmen [ss]

Etruscan

calu, calus infernal demon [mp68: 407]; god of death [az96]; "dark, darkness" [az96]
calusin, calusna "pertaining to Calu" [mp68]; "to darken, funereal" [az96]
calusna "dark" [az96]
calusur "funeral, funerary" [az96]

xaru, xarun

1. demon who guides the dead to the underworld along with Vanth (associated with a hammer) [glb]

Also c.f. Latin Charon and Greek Xaron [glb]

2. demon who torments the souls of the dead; guardian of the underworld [em]

3. "Smasher, Cutter" [az96]

Indo-European

Classical Greek [lsj]

Kêr the goddess of death

Germanic

holler /Norse [em]

In Norse myth, Holler is the god of death and destruction and the one who brings diseases and disasters. He drags people to his dungeon where he tortures them to death. [em]

hell /English < hell /Old English; helle Old Frisian; hellia Old Saxon; hellia, hella /Old High German; helle /MHG; Hölle /German; halja /Goth; Hel goddess of the dead /Old Norse [ep: p. 276]

In various mythologies and religions, the place of torment for the wicked after death. [em]

Indo-Iranian

Iranian

halik perishing, in the state of being destroyed or killed; destructive;<-> halik shudan, to perish /Persian (Farsi) [fjs]

From Semitic/Arabic according to [fjs]

Indo-Aryan

kāla' (1) Time, as the destroyer, Death; (2) time in general; (3) proper, right or appointed time; kāla-pāc,a snare of Death /Sanskrit

Muskogean/Eastern

holitli to die (?) Usage: Archaic, not confirmed by contributors. [tm]

illi to die /Alabama [tm]
ililla death {/i<li>ll-a}/Alabama [tm]

hollo to be evil, wicked, dangerous, taboo; to be holy, sacred, spiritually powerful, magic /Alabama [tm]

Yuki

ko'-lum, 'ko'-let corpse [y84]
k'o(·)l- die, kill; shrivel; k'o·leč, kolístek, kōl'-let dead [y84]

hal-ottat sirat "for the dead to cry"; to lament, keen /Hungarian < hal "to die" /Hungarian
ordít to shout, howl; ordas wolf /Hungarian

Uralic

halottat sirat to lament, keen /Hungarian < hal-ott-at 'for the dead' + sir-at 'to cry' /Hungarian

ulvoa to howl /Vaddja [fv]
üvölt to howl, to roar /Hungarian

Officially, the origin of Hungarian ordás "wolf" is unknown. [Chong]

Sumerian

i-lu song, lament, dirge ('cry' + 'to multiply') [jh]

ur5 to shout [jh]

Afro-Asiatic

ouelouele yelp, howl /Coptic Egyptian [cgj]

gyl to rejoice /West Semitic [ahd]

Altaic

*u:/lo to cry, howl /Altaic [ss]

*u:ly- to cry, howl /Turkic
*uli- to cry, howl (wolves) /Mongolian
*u:r- to cry, weep /Korean
*
@/ra/-mp- to cry, wail /Japanese [ss]

*oro to cry, shout /Altaic [ss]

*ory 1 shout, outcry 2 to make a noise, shout 3 to shout together /Turkic
*ori- / *uri- to shout, call /Mongolian
*or- 1 roaring (of a tiger) 2 echo 3 to sound, resound 4 to rave 5 to shout 6 to roar (of a bear) 7 shout (of an aurochs) 8 to call /Tungus [ss]

Basque

hil-eta funeral; lament for the dead; complaint < hil "to die"
orroe
(n.) roar (C); orroe egin to roar; orroka-tu to shout, scream

Dravidian

kele to cry or shout with energy or for joy (Kannad.a); cilai, cilampu, cilumpu to sound (Tamil); kele to cry out, to vociferate (abusively); keleta abusive vociferation (Kannad.a.lex.); kel.ar, kil.ir, keral. to cry out, to roar; to dispute, to wrangle (Kannad.a)(Kannad.a.lex.); gi_ra the voice (Kui); gi_ga, gi_ta, gi_ya word, syllable (pl. gi_anga)(Kuwi); giya~ voice (Kuwi); kir-a_vu to cry (as a peacock)(Tamil); kiry- (kirc-) to shout; kiry a shout (Kota); kir-c- to shout (Toda); kir-acu, kir-icu, kir-uvu, kircu to cry, shout, scream; kir-acuvike crying, etc.; kir-ugut.t.u, kirgut.t.u to cry, scream; ki_r-u, ci_r-, ci_r-u to scream, cry out; gi_r-u, ci_r-u, ji_r-u screaming, shrilling, buzzing (Kannad.a); ki_rottuni to roar, as an elephant (Tulu); ci_ru, ci_r-u to call; ci_rud.u calling (Telugu); kihpa (kiht-) to shout, cry out (Kui); ki_rr.- (-it-) to shriek, moan with pain, shout (Kuwi); kire_ng abuse; kire_ng tining to abuse (Brahui) [sk]

*u:l.- to howl /Dravidian [ss]

(h)u:l-ing, hu:l-a:iing to howl /Brahui [ss]

*ār- to shout /Dravidian [ss]

ār (-pp-,-tt-) to shout, roar, bellow, vilify /Tamil [bur]
ār (ārd-), ārcu, ācu to cry aloud /Kannad.a [bur]

*go:r.- grief /Darvidian [ss]

*go:l.-/*go:r.- grief, lament /South Dravidian [ss]

go:l., go:r. sound of howling lamenting, wailing, or roaring /Kannada; go:l.y struggling, agony /Kodagu; go:lu, go:l.u grief, lamentation Tulu [ss]

*go:l. /Nilgiri protoform [ss]

*go:d.- grief, affliction, a long and sad story or account /Telugu [ss]

Basic form: go:d.u

Derivatives: Also go:la wailing, loud outcry, howl; go:lu loud noise or outcry; go:lugo:lu onom. crying or lamentation [ss]

Etruscan

iiulathil, iiul to lament, keen [az96]

Indo-European

Reconstruction

ghel-1 to call, *kel2- to shout [ahd]
*or- 'to speak, to shout' PIE [cb]

Greek

ôru_don (adv.) howling /Classical Greek [lsj1]
ôruktês howling /Classical Greek [lsj1]

Italic

ululare "to lament, keen" /Latin [az96]

Soft, weak, faint; sick; fall, reduce, diminish; cool, cold

halk soft, low; halk-ul become faint; hal-vány weak, faint /Hungarian

Uralic

?cf. gylvany to fall down/off (Vichegda Komi) [Chong]

Afro-Asiatic

Semitic

xl$ A /Aramaic [cal]

1 JLATg,Syr weak 2 Syr vile 3 Syr magician 4 Syr wretched 5 Syr humble 6 Syr weak (grammatical)

LS2 239

LS2 V: xalA$

Cognate Set <Leslau (1987) , p. 649a #9> [oi4]

Cushitic, East

k'all, ?'- thin /Proto East Cushitic

Semitic

qll light /Geez

Dravidian

hala_ku oppressed, overcome, spent through sickness, labour etc., ruined, destroyed, lost (Kannad.a, Telugu); ala_kku (Tamil.) [sk]

ula (-pp-, -nt-) to become diminished, be wasted, be devoid of, die, terminate; ulakkai end, ruin, death; ulappu wasting, perishing, defect, death, limit; ulai (-v-, -nt-) to perish, be ruined (as houses, land, crops); (-pp-, -tt-) to ruin; ulaivu ruin, destruction, defeat, poverty, trouble (Tamil); ulakkuka to shrink up; ulayuka to be impoverished, ruined; ulaccal, ulavu ruin (Malayalam)(DEDR 671). [sk]

alku (alki-) to shrink, diminish, lessen; alkal deficiency, poverty; akku (akki-) to be reduced, shrink, be dejected, become closed (as a flower); nalku_r (-v-, -nt-) to be poor, indigent, destitute; n. poverty (Tamil); akkud.isu to become small, wane (Kannad.a)(DEDR 252). [sk]

Indo-European

Indo-Iranian

Iranian

khall (v.n.), being diminished, extenuated, lean; becoming poor; weak (man); an old garment; a rent in a garment; thinly plumaged (bird) /Persian [fjs]

[fjs] says khall is a loan from Semitic/Arabic.

Indo-Aryan

hal.u_, halka_ light weight/ Mara_t.hi_; hal.u, hal.ve light/ Gujara_ti_; halu_ lightly/ Hindi_; halkum. lightly/Gujara_ti_; halko lightly/ Sindhi_; halka_ light /Bengali, Punja_bi_, Hindi_; halua light /Prakrit [sk]

kala dumb, indistinct, low, soft (of sounds) /Sanskrit [iits2]

Yuki

hulk'ilal ghost2; hulk'·le(l) ~ hulk'i·la(l), hulk'ilal, hudl-k.í-lŭl white people [y84]

hull-ani to fall, to diminish; hull-at to shed (leaves, tears) /Hungarian

Uralic

The origin of Hungarian hull- is not certain

(A)--> (?) *kul3 (Proto FU) [Chong]

gylvany to fall down/off (Vichegda Komi); xul- break/come/work away/off (of bark) (Sosva Man's'i) [Chong]

(B)--> kuluma to be consumed, wear away (Estonian); kulua id. (Finnish); kòþ- cease, come to an end (Jugan Khanty); xååli cease, come to an end; disappear, vanish (Northern Man's'i) [Chong]

Sumerian

hul3 destroy, ruin, hostile

Altaic/Turkic

il-mek to be fallen /Turkmen [glnp]

Basque

galdu (C)

v.t. to lose (money, a war, a bet, etc.), to mislay, misplace; to waste;
v.i. to become corrupt, become spoiled (food, people); to be shipwrecked, to sink;
v.i. to get lost, to lose one's way, to be lost; to disappear
v.i./v.t. to become evil; to pervert, corrupt, spoil
adj. perverse, corrupted, depraved, wicked, lost.

Dravidian

ku_lu to fall down, be overturned, be destroyed, ruined; ku_lisu to cause to fall, destroy (Kannad.a); ku_lu to fall down, sink, drop, die, fall dead; ku_l(u)cu to cause to fall, fell, bring to the ground, knock down, kill; ku_la~bad.u to fall down suddenly, sink, drop; ku_r.a_na_ to topple over (of a vessel, boulder on hillside), founder (of a bullock); ku_d.a_na_ to topple down; kura_na_ to roll over; gu_r.- id., spill, lie down to sleep; ku_r.- tree to fall; ku_r.h- to fell (Gondi); gu_r- (-it-) to lie down, sleep, roll on floor (Kond.a); gu_r- (-t-) to fall down; gru_t- (-t-) to fell (Pengo); ku_ra (ku_ri-) to fall over, fall down, tumble, prostrate oneself, lie down; n. a fall, tumble. prostration (Kui); kuriyu to rain, shower, fall, leak, rain down (fire, arrows)(Telugu)(DEDR 1907).[sk]

Etruscan

kalem "ready to fall, to lower oneself" [az96]

helenaia "(which) bends, lowers" [az96]
helene "one who descends upon, lowers oneself" [az96]
hels "to fold, recline?" [az96]
helSc "reclined" [az96]
helzunia "(which) folds" [az96]

Indo-European

Classical Greek [lsj1]

elass-oô make less or smaller, diminish, reduce in amount 2. in early writers, lower, degrade

Indo-Iranian

gal drip; fall; galita fallen out, gone (claws, teeth) /Sanskrit

hid-eg cold, chilly /Hungarian {k>h}

Uralic

Official source says possibly related to hűvös "cool" which it in turn considers of unknown origin. [Chong]

Afro-Asiatic/Cushitic, East

k'iid- cold /Harso [oi4]

Basque

hotz (L,LN,Z,U) (n.) cold; hotzitu (vi/vt) to get cold; to make cold
hozte (L,LN,Z,U) (n.) cold snap, cold period; act of becoming cold; hoztu (vi) to get cold

Chukchee-Kamchatkan

*qạjạv hoarfrost; to freeze 1 (иней; мерзнуть 1) /Chukchee-Koryak [ss: PN737]

qεjέw /Chukchee; qejev (I), qava; qajav- (III) 1 /Koryak; qajav- 1 /Alutor [ss]

*qijtą- to freeze (замерзнуть) /Proto Chukchee-Kamchatkan [ss: PN281]

*qijtą- to freeze /Proto Chukchee-Koryak [ss: PN744]

qi'tą " /Chukchee; qitą- /Koryak; qitą- /Palan; qītą- /Alutor [ss]

*qite- /Proto Itelmen [ss: PN286]

qetet-kes to freeze (замерзать) /Sedank dialect; ketat-kaz, kin-kitąv-in 1 algere; gelu ambustus 1 /West Itelmen [ss]

Dravidian

ku_tir cold, cold wind; ku_tal sensation of cold (Tamil); kot.uku (kot.uki-) to shrink or shiver with cold (Tamil); ko_t.uka to feel very cold; ko_t.t.am coldness, stiffness (Malaylam); ko_d.u to be cool or cold; n. coldness; ko_t.a, kod.ata coldness (Kannad.a) [sk]

Muskogean/Eastern

kasahka to be very cold {/kasa<h>t-ka1} /Alabama [tm]
kasatka to be cold weather {/kasat-ka1} /Alabama [tm]

hül cool, get cool /Hungarian

Uralic

Expert source says Hungarian hül derives from hűvös "cool". [Chong]

Sumerian

hal-ba frost,freezing

Altaic

*gi>\l/o\ cold /Altaic [ss]

*Kyl/ winter /Turkic [ss]

qyŝ (Orkh., OUigh.) /Old Turkic; qyŝ (MK) /Karakhanid; qyŝ (Abu H., Pav.C.) /Middle Turkic; kyŝ /Turkish; Gyŝ /Azeri; qyŝ /Gagauz; Gyŝ /Turkmen; qyŝ /Khaladzh; qys /Sary-Yughur; qyŝ /Tatar; qyŝ /Kirghiz; qys /Kazakh; qys /Noghai; qyŝ /Balkar; qyŝ /Kumyk; qys /Karakalpak; qiŝ /Uzbek; qiŝ /Uighur; qyŝ /Bashkir; xys /Khakassian; qy`ŝ /Tuva-Tofalar; qyŝ /Altai; qyŝ /Shor; x@l /Chuvash; kys, kyhyn /Yakut; kyhyn /Dolgan [ss]

*gil- cold /Tungus [ss]

gildi /Evenki; gi.lrú. /Even; gi.li.gdi. /Negidal; Gi.ĉi.si. /Nanai; Gi.tu.li., Gi.ti.si. /Ulcha; Gi.ĉu.li. /Orok; giĉi-si /Oroch; gilihi /Udighe [ss]

*ki\sa\ra-(n)ki second month of the lunar calendar /Japanese [ss]

k(j)isarag(j)i (Old Japanese); ki\saragi (Tokyo); ki/sa/ra/gi/ (Kyoto); kisaragi/ (Kagoshima) [ss]

Dravidian

*kul.- cool /South Dravidian [ss]

*kul.- /Nilgiri [ss]

kul.ir (-v-, -nt-) to feel cool (as breeze), be cool, refreshing, get numbed (as in death); n. coldness, chilliness, ague, shivering; kul.ircci, kul.irtti, kul.utti coolness, cold, act of cooling or refreshing, numbness (as in death); kul.irppu, kul.irmai, kul.umai coolness, kindness; kul.iri a fan; kul.l.a-k-kul.ir- to be intensely cool and refreshing (Tamil); kul.ir, kul.ur coldness, cool, refreshing; kul.iruka to be chilly, refreshed; kul.irma freshness; kul.irppu, kul.uppam chilliness; kul.irppikka to chill, quiet, refresh, comfort; kul.ukul.u intense cold (Malayalam); kul.ak in-, kul.kul. in- (hands, feet, body) feel cool, (mind) feels calm and peaceful (Kota); kul.ir to be cool or cold; n. coldness, coolness, cold, snow, frost (Kannad.a); kul.i- (kul.ip-, kul.it-) cold feeling is; kul.iri ka.a cold season (Kod.agu)(DEDR 1834).[sk]

Indo-European/Germanic

kela cool down, compensate /Old Frisian [db]

Quechua

ila cold [q2]

hülye imbecile, dotty /Hungarian

Uralic

hullu adj crazy, stupid /Vaddja [fv]

Hungarian hülye "imbecile, dotty" is thought to derive from hűl- "cool, get cool" which in turn derives from hűvös "cool". [Chong]

Afro-Asiatic

Semitic

*hll to be imbecile, weak-minded, mad; mocked at /Semitic Protoform [ss]

ula:lu '(geistig) Schwacher' /Akkadian; hll 'to be infatuated', 'to make look foolish; to make a mockery of', 'to pretend to be mad; to act like a madman', ho:le:lu:t 'foolishness, blindness' /Hebrew; hll (Af.) 'illusit, irrisit; despexit, contempsit' /Syriac; halhal 'injure; sottise' (SUD); halhil 'to upbraid, disgrace' (EGYP ) /Arabic [ss]

*h.ly to be sick, infirm /Semitic Protoform [ss]

(?) h_alu^ 'to be sick' /Akkadian; h.a:la: 'to grow weak, tired; to fall sick, to be ill' /Hebrew; HLA 'to be weak, sick' /Mandiac; h.ll 'to be sick' /Arabic; h.@lla 'agony, last hour of a dying person', h.alla"la" 'to render unable' /Tigre; h.@yu:l 'to be afflicted with senile dementia' /Mehri; h.e|/l 'to be senile' /Jibbali; h.a/yil 'senile' /Soqotri [ss]

*h.ls. {} *h.lc. to feel pain, be sick /Semitic Protoform [ss]

HLS. 'to feel pain, give pain, cause pain' /Mandaic
SAB h.ls. 'sickness, malady' /Epigraphic South Arabian [ss]

Altaic

Turkic/Khakas

elää stupid, silly {Kacha dialect RI:810} [kl]

Tungus

hûlhi stupid; slow-witted, slow of wit /Manchu [as]

Austric

kuare stupid /Moriori [mor]
rorirori, heahea silly, stupid /Mäori [ng]

Basque

ahul (L,LN,Z,U) weak, in poor health

Etruscan

hele "sad, angry, sullen" [az96]
helu "to get sad, mad" [az96]
helucu "sad, mournful" [az96]
helusnei "(one who) gets sad" [az96]

Indo-European/Anatolian

hallina- `be sick, hurt' (?) /Cuneiform Luvian Lexicon [hcm1]
halliŝ- `sickness, pain' (?) /Cuneiform Luvian Lexicon [hcm1]

Muskogean/Eastern

hoyoopa to be mad, crazy, mean (of an animal), vicious Var: hoyòopa /Alabama [tm]

Yuki

hilyu? sick1 [y84]

hűv-ös chilly, cool, frigid, cold /Hungarian

Uralic

Hungarian hűvös is officially of unknown origin. [Chong]

{/-ös/ is an adjective forming suffix}

Afro-Asiatic

Cognate Set <Dolgopol'skij (1983) , #8.05> [oi4]

Cushitic, East

k'ab(b)- cold /Proto East Cushitic

qab-ata cold /Arabic; qabow- cold /Somali; xobob cold /Rendille; apan *P cold /Elmolo; k'abban- cold /Oromo; qappannaaw- cold /Konso; k'appanaw cold /Gidole

Egyptian

qbb cold /Old Egyptian

hav, hó snow /Hungarian

Uralic

*kume snow /F.U; xab snow /Samoyed

Altaic

xuwán hoar frost /Tungus
ku_ snow /Jukagir

Austric

haware snow /Moriori [mor]
hukarere, huka snow; hinahina snowy /Mäori [ng]

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