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Slavic and Magyar
Word List
GO-IS
This page is now mostly in "English" alphabetical order.
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Burn, fire, blaze
gorjeti to burn, be consumed by fire; be lighted; blaze, flame; gorući burning, on fire; kuriti to burn (fuel); heat, warm /Serbo-Croatian; horieť burn /Slovak
Indo-European
Slavic
gorjeti to burn, be consumed by fire; be lighted; blaze, flame; gorući burning, on fire; kuriti to burn (fuel); heat, warm /Serbo-Croatian; horieť burn /Slovak
Indo-Iranian
kara ray, beam /Sanskrit
gharmá warmth, heat < ghr. glow, be warm /Sanskrit
Uralic
gerj- to blaze up, take fire; be induced (of an electrical current); to kindle, heat etc.; haragra gerjed fly into a rage {where harag anger} /Hungarian
Officially, Hungarian gerjed is of unknown origin and is unrelated to harag [Chong]
Sumerian
kára, kár, guru6 to shine, illuminate, to be bright [jh]
Afro-Asiatic
Cognate Set <Dolgopol'skij (1973) , p. 60 #1> [oi4]
Cushitic
Cushitic, East
diratu fire (Tambaro = Qabena); ji?'ira /Burji; gira /Sidamo; giira /Hadiyya; gira /Darasa; gira /Kambata; gira /Saho; gira pl girar /Afar; qoyra wood /Konso
Cushitic, South
waginimo pl magiru firewood /Alagwa; magiirmo pl maagir /Gorowa; magino pl magidu /Burunge; migirmo pl migir /Iraqw
Semitic
gir-um girr-um fire god of fire /Akkadian
Egyptian
d_r fire /Old Egyptian
Omotic
ge?'a fire /Janjero
Austro-Asiatic
kere to prepare charcoal, to carry out the process by which charcoal is made (Santali.lex.) [sk]
Altaic
*giola ( ~ -l/-, *gi_alo) to burn, fire /Altaic [ss]
*gal fire /Mongolian [ss]
qal (HI, SH), qal (IM), g|al (MA) /Middle Mongolian; gal /Khalkha; g|al /Kalmuck; gali, gal/ /Dagur; Gar /Monguor [ss]
*gul- 1 to blaze 2 to set fire 3 (bon)fire 4 hearth /Tungus [ss]
golo-wun 3 /Negidal; Golon tuwa 3; gulgin 'flame' /Manzhu; Gola- 2, Golz^|o~ 4 /Nanai; Gol-z^|o(n) 4 /Ulcha; gu.l- 2 /Even; gul- 1 /Evenki [ss]
*giu:l/o ( ~ -e) to smoke, fume /Altaic [ss]
*golu-mta hearth /Mongolian [ss]
golomt /Khalkha; g|ulm.t /Kalmuck [ss]
*gu":l- to smoke, fume /Tungus [ss]
gulu- (On.) /Nanai; gi:l- /Even [ss]
*k@r- to be smoked /Korean [ss]
k@l- /Modern Korean [ss]
*ku\su\-(m)p- to smoke, fume /Japanese [ss]
kusuba- /Old Japanese; kusubu/r- /Tokyo [ss]
Turkic
hararet heat, fever /Turkish
köre-mek to begin to burn properly /Turkmen [glnp]
Tungus
gerhen bright; gerhen (mukiyembi) dawn; geri sparks /Manchu [as]
Basque
gar (C) flame
Dravidian
kerj- to warm oneself by the fire; kercip- (kercit-) to warm somebody else (Parji); re_s- to warm by the fire (aphaeresis of k-)(Kond.a); grehpa (greht-) to warm, warm by the fire, broil, foment; n. act of warming by the fire, fomentation (Kui); ke_r.njali to warm oneself in the sun; krenj- (-it-) to warm oneself; kreh- (krest-) to warm another (Kuwi)(DEDR 1967).[sk]
karw-, karv-, kar-, kar.- to burn; karv-, karsahta_na_, kar.ih- to burn; kar.ha field fit for burning cultivation (Gondi) [sk]
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graja uproar, riot, clamour; noise, hubbub; alarm, outcry, commotion, fuss; ogorčiti to embitter, irritate, provoke; gall, sour; goropad rage, fury, fierceness; grub rude, uncivil; brutal, vulgar /Serbo-Croatian; hrubý rude /Slovak
(1) Indo-European
Reconstructed
*ghwer- wild beast [ahd]
*gher scratchy, rough, tearing. /PIE [see mcb]
Armenian
gor noise, yelling; gorahl boast, brag, dare, have the audacity (to do sg); goroz arrogant, proud /Old Armenian - Dorosmai [see Chong]
Slavic
graja uproar, riot, clamour; noise, hubbub; alarm, outcry, commotion, fuss; ogorčiti to embitter, irritate, provoke; gall, sour; goropad rage, fury, fierceness; grub rude, uncivil; brutal, vulgar /Serbo-Croatian; hrubý rude /Slovak
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
gram (past part. adj.) enraged, angered, to growl in rage /Avestan; ghrrumbem roar /Pashto [tr]
harr abhorring, detesting /Persian (Farsi) [fjs]
From Semitic/Arabic according to [fjs]
hirar detesting, expressing abhorrence of anyone before his face /Persian (Farsi) [fjs]
From Semitic/Arabic according to [fjs]
karih one who abhors, detests, loathes, or abominates; loath, averse, unwilling /Persian (Farsi) [fjs]
Indo-Aryan
khára (adj.) harsh /Sanskrit
garh blame, reproach; garhita despised /Sanskrit
ghorá awful, dreadful, horrid /Sanskrit
(2) Indo-European
Classical Greek [lsj1]
orgê anger, wrath, orgêi chrêsthai to be in a passion
org-ilos [i^], ê, on, inclined to anger, irascible
org-izô make angry, provoke to anger, irritate
Albanian
urrej to hate
Uralic
*kore
(-) anger /FinnUgor; Vogul karji anger, Ostjak xúremDa, Mordvin kor angerhoroguvec "got angry" /Old Hungarian {12th. Century} (Modern, haragudott) [gzb1]
harag anger, bad feelings; harag-szik to be cross; to be angry /Hungarian
gar arrogant, disdainful, haughty, presumptuous /Hungarian
garázda wild, savage; garázd-álkodás brawling; riot; havoc /Hungarian
goromba rough, raw, rude /Hungarian < har-ag, hara-mia bandit
Sumerian
gir10, gi9, ge9 anger, fury; kúr hostile, belligerent [jh]
Elamite
harikka hostile [oi2]
Afro-Asiatic
Egyptian
h'r rage /Old Egyptian [cgj]
Semitic
k)r V /Aramaic [cal]
021 Syr to trouble 022 Syr to shame 023 Syr to accuse 024 Syr to punish 051 Syr to be put to shame 052 Syr to be reproached
LS2 315
Cognate Set <Dolgopol'skij (1973) , p. 79 #1> [oi4]
Cushitic
Agaw
kwal- angry /Awngi; kar- angry /Qwara; kwar- kar- angry disturbed /Xamir
Cushitic, East
kw@ray- angry /Saho
Semitic
*kry *krh angry /Proto Semitic
Chadic
kwar hatred /Sura
Omotic
kaar- angry /Kafa; kaara- angry /Mocha
Austric
horiri enemy /Moriori [mor]
hara, mahie crime /Mäori [ng]
Austro-Asiatic
kala jhagr.a, kala jhogr. to quarrel, to wrangle; kharhia kharhi to quarrel with each other; kharhiau to quarrel (Santali.lex.) [sk]
Altaic
Turkic
hyrawa wild; hyrsyz evil, malicious, spiteful, angry /Turkmen [glnp]
Japanese
haradachi
anger; wrath; displeasureDravidian
*ku:r.- wicked, cruel; rude /Dravidian [ss]
*ku:r.- bad, vulgar, rude /South Dravidian
*ku:l.- a wicked man, a cruel man /Telugu [ss]
ku_r..a a vulgar, rude, stupid, useless, mean, or vile man; ku_r.., ku_ra fierce, cruel (Kannad.a); ku_l.a, khu_l.a bad, mean, cruel (Tulu); ku_l.a, ku_l.u~d.u a wicked man, a cruel man (Telugu)(DEDR 1913). [sk]
kahr anger, wrath /Brahui
cir-ukku (cir-ukki-) to be angry with; cer-u (-v-, -nt-) to hate, dislike, detest, be angry with; cer-r-am love-quarrel; cirar-r-u (cirar-r-i-) to be angry with /Tamil; cirv- (cirt-) id. /Kota; kir-k violent anger, madness; kir- tot.-. kir-k 0ot.- to become mad with anger (lit. anger strikes him); ker-n gwil.- to murmur in protest /Kota; ki_r-u to rage, burn with rage or great desire; keral. to become angry, begin to rage; keral.cu to enrage /Kannad.a; cir-r-a, cir-r-u anger, displeasure; cir-acir-a sullenness, ill-humour; cer-acer-al-a_d.u to be angry or furious; keralu to be angry or enraged /Telugu; kireni sullen, surly, out of temper /Kui; kire_ng abuse; kire_ng tining to abuse (Br.); kirk grudge, rancour /Bra_hui_ [sk]
kar-u (-pp-, -tt-) to resent, get angry with; n. rancour, vengeful enmity; kar-ukar-u (-pp-, -tt-) to rage; kar-utto_r enemies; kar-uppu anger, displeasure; kar-umu (kar-umi-) to show signs of anger, be enraged; kar-uvam anger; kar-uval sign of anger; kar-uvu (kar-uvi-) to exhibit signs of displeasure; to rankle, entertain malice, implacable hatred; n. anger, wrath; enmity, hostility, hatred /Tamil; kar-ukka to rage; kar-ukar-ukka id., be beside oneself; kar-ukar-e_ fiercely, intensely; kar-avu rage /Malayalam; kar- enmity, anger /Toda; kar-upu, kar-uhu envy; kar-ubu, kar-umbu to envy; n. envy; kar-uba an envious man; fem. kar-ubi; kar-ubatana the state of being an envious person, envy /Kannad.a; kar.vita_na_, kar.wita_na_ to envy /Gondi; ka_r.bi anger; kar.bigattasi a bad-tempered man (r. = r)(Kuwi); xar angry /Bra_hui_ [sk]
Basque
gordin
raw, uncooked (C); obscene,offensive(B,G); cruel, ruthless(Z)aharratu (L,LN,Z,U) to argue; to get angry
herra (L,LN,Z,U) hate, rancour, hatred
gorroto (C) hatred, rancour, ire, animosity
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grba hump, hunch; grbav hump-backed, hunch-backed, crook-backed; grown crooked /Serbo-Croatian; hrb hump /Slovak
Indo-European
Italic
curvus bent on a thing /Latin
Slavic
grba hump, hunch; grbav hump-backed, hunch-backed, crook-backed; grown crooked; grbiti to bend; bow forward (down); stoop; be bent with age; ogrbaviti to become a hunchback; oguraviti to become hunchbacked /Serbo-Croatian
hrb hump /Slovak
Uralic
kör
circular, circle, roundish /Hungariangörbe crooked, bent; görbít to bend, twist make crooked /Hungarian [k>g instead of k>x]
Hungarian görbe is supposedly of Slavic (and hence of Latin) origin [see Chong]
[also Cf. horog, kar-, ker-, kér-, kor-, kör- in Chong]
Sumerian
gúr to bow down [Chong]
gúr sphere, circle, hoop [ *k >g]
Sino-Tibetan
*kuar bend, droop, coil /Sino-Tibetan [ss]
Chinese meaning "walk with bent body"
quan 2 /Modern (Beijing) < gwen /Middle Chinese < g(h)w|ar /Old Chinese [ss]
Tibetan dgur, rgur, sgur crooked
Burmese kunh to bend down
Kachin thin|kun3 be bent, kun2 coil
Lushei ku:r to bend down, to droop, KC *ku:r.
Lepcha kha/r, kha/r-la> hanging down head, as when ashamed [ss]
Altaic
Turkic
carpik crooked, bent; slanting /Turkish
Mongol
qorbayi bend completely /Classical Mongol [Chong]
Tungus
kurbu- turn over /Manchu [Chong]
kurbumbi to turn over (in bed) /Manchu [as]
kurbušembi to roll over and over /Manchu [as]
Dravidian
*kur-Vn- to bend /Dravidian [ss]
kharva mutilated, maimed (Kannad.a.lex.) [sk]
Quechua
kurkunchu hunchbacked; bumpy; humpy [q2]
kurkuy to bend; to stoop [q2]
kururuy to wind [q2]
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Indo-European/Slavic
grč
cramp, convulsion, spasm; colic /Serbo-CroatianUralic
görcs knot; spasm, cramp /Hungarian
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Indo-European/Slavic
greda beam, joist, spar, rafter /Serbo-Croatian
hrada joist, rafter /Slovak
Uralic
gerenda joist, beam, rafter (probably of a jurt-tent) /Hungarian
ker-et frame /Hungarian << ker circular, encircle {-et deverbial suffix}
karó stake, post, stick /Hungarian
Sumerian
gašan
lady, mistress, queen (and master/owner of lands) /Sumerian ??Altaic
kýrýþ rafter, ger jurt-tent /Turkish (the etymology of GER relates to the lattice work?)
Caucasian
*go:rV ( ~ -y:-) pole, piece of log /North Caucasian [ss]
*k.ara ( ~ -@) stick, log /North Caucasian [ss]
Dravidian
karu, garu, gal.u rafter (Tulu) [sk]
ka_r.. elephant goad, post, pillar, oar, iron rod, handle, rafter (Tamil) [sk]
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gubiti to lose, forfeit /Serbo-Croatian
Indo-European/Slavic
gubitak loss; risk, damage; waste; leakage, escape; deficit; gubiti to lose, forfeit /Serbo-Croatian
Uralic
kevés little; few /Hungarian
keves-en few; keves-bedni, -bíteni to diminish; decrease /Hungarian
keves-elni to think that smthng is too little or not much /Hungarian
Officially, Hungarian kev- is 'possibly' derived from a F-U root
? *kepä (Proto FU, Proto Uralic?) [Chong]
kebja easy, quick (Estonian); kepeä, keveä id. (Finnish); gæp'pâd easy, petty, small, trifling; free, idle, unoccupied (Norwegian Lappish); kapcˆi genial, mild, moderate, slight (Sarapul Udmurt - -cˆi is a denominal noun suffix) [Chong]
hupa "little, soon-to-be-consumed" /Finnish
Niger-Congo (?)
kuwo (n) scarcity /Mandinka [pc1]
xeeb to underestimate, underrate /Wollof [pc2]
xeebante to underestimate each other, underrate /Wollof [pc2]
Afro-Asiatic
gb deficiency, deprivation /Old Egyptian [oi4]
Altaic
*ki_a/bi vacant, empty /Altaic [ss]
*keji-de- to be vacant, empty /Mongolian [ss]
kejide- /Written Mongolian [ss]
xijde- /Khalkha; ki:d- /Kalmuck [ss]
*kiab- to disappear, vacant, empty /Tungus [ss]
kêwkê, kiwkiw /Negidal; kewke /Nanai; kewe, kawka /Ulcha; kekku /Orok [ss]
Basque
-gabe (C) suffix meaning "lack of"
-kabe suffix meaning "privation, lack"
Chukchee-Kamchatkan
*qąv-
narrow (узкий), congested, tight (тесный) /Proto Chukchee-Koryak [ss: PN797]qąw-
, quw- (I) /Chukchee; q(ą)v- (I) /Koryak; qvą-, -kvą- /Palan; q(ą)v- /Alutor [ss]Muskogean/Eastern
koboksi to be short (in length, time, distance) /Alabama [tm]
koboksichi to shorten something /Alabam [tm]
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Ditch, pit, well, hole in the ground, quarry, mine; tub, vat
gudura gorge, ravine, hollow /Serbo-Croatian
Indo-European
Italic (?)
guttur -ŭris the windpipe, throat; gluttony /Latin
Slavic
gudura gorge, ravine, hollow /Serbo-Croatian
(1) Indo-Iranian
Iranian
gaud, god deep; a ditch, pit; low-lying ground; excavated (modern. colloquialism); godi depth; a low-lying ground; an excavated place; a dock (for ships, modern. colloquialism); kat a subterraneous canal, common sewer; kodal a ditch, a well; a hoe /Persian [fjs]
k∂DD hole (in the ground), pit, ditch /Baluchi [mab]
ku (n.) (water) well /Baluchi [mab]
Indo-Aryan
gad.a ditch /Sanskrit [sk]
(2) Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction
*ĉa:t- well; pit /Proto Indo-Iranian [al]
Iranian
ĉa:t- `(dug) well' /Late Avestan [al]
ĉ't `well, spring' /Sogdian [al]
sado [sado] `well, spring' /Bactrian [al]
Indo-Aryan
ca:/tva:la- (Ka:t.h+) pit (dug for getting the ground for the uttaravedi-altar) /Sanskrit [al]
Uralic
göd-ör ditch, pit; göd-röcske dimple; göd-rös full of holes /Hungarian
Origin of Hungarian gödör is unknown [Chong]
kút well /Hungarian
This one is possibly of Turkic origin {Chong]
Afro-Asiatic
Egyptian
hзt quarry, mine /Coptic Egyptian [cgj]
Cognate Set <Sasse (1979) , p. 16 #4> [oi4]
Cushitic, East
*god- hole in the ground cave /Proto East Cushitic
goda cave /Oromo; god-o dump(trash) cesspit /Burji; kot-o house /Dullay; god-a?'a wall /Hadiyya; god hole in ground /Rendille; god hole in ground /Somali
Altaic
Turkic
gotur 1. pitted, pockmarked 2. mangy, scabby /Turkmen [glnp]
Japanese
ido "a well"
Austro-Asiatic
gad.a , gar.a `pit, trench, grave, water course, stream, river' /Munda; gad.a `hollow, pit, excavation, trench, river'; etc. /Santal [mw1]
Dravidian
kad.agu, kad.an:gu a small channel issuing from a larger one and leading water, e.g. to a plantain tree; a channel, a ditch, a trench (Kannad.a); kit.an:ku (Tamil); kid.ajju (Malayalam); kaya, kar..a a depth; a tank, a brook (Malayalam, Tamil) [sk]
kit.an:kar moat, ocean; kit.an:kil moat (Tamil); kit.an.n.u trench, ditch (Malayalam); kad.an:gi deep ditch without water (Kod.agu)(DEDR 1526). [sk]
kut.t.am depth, pond (Tamil); gut.a pit, hollow in the ground (Kond.a); kut.t. a large pit (Kui); kod.e to hollow, to excavate (Kannad.a); kut.ai (Tamil) [sk]
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káda tub, vat; bath, bathtub /Serbo-Croatian
kaďa vat /Slovak
Indo-European
Slavic
káda tub, vat; bath, bathtub /Serbo-Croatian
kaďa vat /Slovak
Indo-Iranian
kas a cup, goblet, bowl (especially when filled with wine); wine; a hog; a large drum /Persian (Farsi) [fjs]
Found in Semitic/Arabic, but there is no proof that the Iranian is a loan. [fjs]
k∂dd∂ wine-cup /Baluchi [mab]
Uralic
kád tub; vat, tun /Hungarian
Hungarian kád is also thought to be of Slavic and ultimately of Hebraic origin. [Chong]
Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
gt wine vat /Phœnician [cgj]
qds (n.) qds) /Aramaic [cal]
1 Syr pot
2 Syr helmet
LS2 648
LS2 v: qadsA)
Egyptian
qwt drinking trough /Coptic Egyptian [cgj]
Cognate Set <Cohen (1947) , #226> [oi4]
Semitic
qadu pot /Akkadian
kad(d) pot /Hebrew
qadd- form /Arabic
Egyptian
qd build/ make pots /Old Egyptian
Caucasian
*k.w@>dV a big vessel, jar /North Caucasian [ss]
*k.ut.al 1 big brass water jar 2 small jar /Nakh [ss]
k.udal /Chechen; k.udal /Ingush; k.ut.al /Batsbi [ss]
*k.w|ad 1 measure for flour 2 big metal cauldron 3 barrel /Lezghian [ss]
k.w|at: 1 /Agul; k.a"dyr 2 /Kryz; k.adi 1 /Archi; k:ud 3 /Udi [ss]
*ky:t.V a k. of vessel /North Caucasian [ss]
*ka:t. cup, pot /Nakh [ss]
kad /Chechen; kad /Ingush [ss]
*k.it.um trunk, box /Andian [ss]
*ko|( ~)t.V cup, plate /Tsezian [ss]
k.ot.i /Tsezi; k.ot.o / kot.o /Ginukh; k.ot.e /Khvarshi [ss]
*kyt. 1 pot 2 big basket 3 pan /Lezghian [ss]
get.e 1 /Lezghi; kot. 2 /Archi; kot:o-war 3 /Udi [ss]
*k.ata net /Abkhaz-Adyghe [ss]
a/-k.ata /Abkhaz; k.ata /Abaza [ss]
*ku">dwV basket, receptacle /North Caucasian [ss]
*kit wineskin, leather sack /Nakh [ss]
kit /Chechen; kit /Ingush; kit /Batsbi [ss]
*kw|VdV basket for hay /Andian [ss]
kode-x|:el (Unt.) /Avar [ss]
*kw|ed A basket /Tsezian [ss]
kud /Tsezi; kw|id /Ginukh; kw|ed /Khvarshi; ked /Bezhita; kod /Gunzib [ss]
*ket:w| ( ~ -i-) 1 basket for hay 2 big wooden chest for grain /Lezghian [ss]
kud (Khl.) 1 /Lezghi; kid 1 /Rutul; kud 1,2 /Budukh [ss]
Dravidian (DED number: 1651)
*ku\d.- pot, bowl /Darividian [ss]
*kud.- pot /South Dravidian [ss]
kut.am waterpot, hub of a wheel /Tamil; kut.am waterpot /Malayalam; kod.a earthen pitcher or pot /Kannad.a; kud.ike pot in which food (esp. rice) is cooked /Kodagu; kud.ki, kud.ke\, gud.ke small earthen vessel /Tulu [ss]
*kud.i>k- a small pot /Nilgiri [ss]
kuck "small clay pot used to drink from" /Kota; kur.ky "small pot" /Toda [ss]
*kud.-uk- cup, bowl, scoop, any cup-like thing /Telugu [ss]
Basic form: kud.aka
Dialect forms (1): kud.uka
Inscriptions: kud.alu "small earthen vessels" [ss]
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guja venemous serpent, viper, adder, snake /Serbo-Croatian
Indo-European
Slavic
guja venemous serpent, viper, adder, snake /Serbo-Croatian
gujavica earthworm [glista] /Serbo-Croatian
Indo-Iranian
ki_d., kid.a_ worm, maggot, insect; kid.e~ any small creature of the serpent kind (Mara_t.hi_) [sk]
kīţ
a worm; caterpillar /SanskritUralic
*kije (PF-U) [Chong]
kyy adder (Finnish); k@šk@, kišk@ (Mar i- derivative); kuj, kijov (Mordvin); kyj (Udmurt) [Chong]
gaada snake /Vaddja; kijov snake /Erzya [fv]
kigyó snake, serpent, viper /Hungarian
{/gy/ palatised /d'/}
Altaic
uji a worm, grub, maggot, larva /Japanese
Iberian
gaso "worm" is part of the Iberian substratum defined by linguists [cb5]
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Evil base, mean, lying; foul, stinking, dirt, muck, unclean, impure
guzica (fig.) mean (despicable) fellow /Serbo-Croatian
Indo-European
Celtic
cas gnash the teeth /Gaelic; cais hate /Irish; câs hate /Welsh [mcb] {these are thought to derive from the same origin as cas "steep, sudden" [see mcb]!?}
Slavic
guzica (fig.) mean (despicable) fellow [from guz buttocks, bottom, backside] /Serbo-Croatian
Indo-Iranian/Iranian
a:-si- `to lie'; a:sito: 'lying' /Avestan [al]
kazib a liar; false; failing to conceive (camel) /Persian [fjs]
From Semitic/Arabic according to [fjs]
hass a lie; hassas a liar /Persian [fjs]
From Semitic/Arabic according to [fjs]
Uralic
gaz- evil; gaz-ember villain /Hungarian
Officially, Hungarian gaz- is believed to be 'possibly' of Slavic origin. [Chong]
haz-ud to lie; haz-ug lying, untrue, false, liar /Hungarian
Hungarian hazud is of unknown origin. [Chong]
Sumerian
huš
terrible,wild,angry; guz, huz to gnash the teeth, to bare the teeth [jh]Niger-Congo (?)
gat (n.) a lie, anus, ass /Wollof [pc2]
kaaci (n.) a lie /Wollof [pc2]
Ainu
kosunke
to tell lies [sm]Altaic
*k`iuse bad behaviour /Altaic [ss]
*ku"s- to be angry, offended /Turkic [ss]
ku"s- /Old Turkic; ku"s- /Turkish; ku"s- /Azeri
*kosin| mockery, joke /Mongolian [ss]
*ku/sa\i bad habit /Japanese [ss]
kuse /Old Japanese; kuse/ /Tokyo [ss]
*ki_oc^i nasty /Altaic [ss]
*KAc^a- to be nasty, rough (of a person) /Turkic [ss]
*kec^eg|u" difficult, unpleasant /Mongolian [ss]
kec^egu", kec^egu"u" Written Mongolian; ke|c^u 'stupid' (IM), kec^e'u(n), kec^a'u 'hard; stupid' (SH) Middle Mongolian; xecu": Khalkha; kecu": Kalmuck; kec^u: Dagur [ss]
*kus- hate, uneasiness /Tungus [ss]
kus^u-n Manzhu [ss]
*ku\c^h(y)- nasty /Korean [ss]
ku\c^h(y)-, ku\c^- Middle Korean [ss]
kut- (kuc^-) Modern Korean [ss]
Japanese
gesu
low, mean, base, vulgar fellowBasque
gezur (C), guzur (B) lie, falsehood
gezur-beltz (G) n. calumny, slander, libel (lit. black lie)
Dravidian
pusi to become or prove untrue, lie; bear no fruit, not to attain ripeness; falsehood, lie, hypocricy, idle prattle, bearing no fruit; pusiga liar (Kannad.a); hus'i a lie, falsehood (Tulu); busa_na_ to lie (Gondi); pu_sa_ lie; pu_sa_-ka_t.anji liar (Kui); pussowi, pu_so_vi cheating, pretending (Kuwi); pasyare liar; pasyetre to tell lies; paslaha liar; false; pasadeye to accuse falsely (Malto) [sk]
[The phonetic correspondence of initial p > h can occur between other Dravidian languages, and sometimes within the same language other than Kannada and Tulu] [kk]
*kac- angry, hostile /Dravidian [ss]
*kac- to quarrel; angry /South Dravidian [ss]
kasaru to bargain bitterly /Tamil; kayakka to quarrel, abuse /Malayalam; kasaru ill-humour /Kannad.a; kacca:d.uni to quarrel /Tulu [ss]
*kajj-/*kas- quarrel, dispute, fight, battle /Telugu [ss]
*kajar fear, anger /Kolami-Gadba [ss]
kayri "an enemy, talebearer" /Parji; kayar "anger, sorrow" /Kondekor Gadba [ss]
*ka:c- hostile /Gondwan [ss]
*kac- to be vexed, get annoyed /North Dravidian [ss]
kackacrna: /Kurukh [ss]
@@@@@@@@@@ Weed @@@@@@@@@@@
gužva
1) throng, crush, press, crowd, jostle; jam; 2) tough switch (shoot, withy, withe) for binding /Serbo-Croatian; húžva withe /SlovakIndo-European
Celtic
gas twig, a stalk /Gaelic, gas /Irish [mcb]
geug a branch /Gaelic, geug, géag /Irish, géc / Early Irish [mcb]
Slavic
gužva
1) throng, crush, press, crowd, jostle; jam; 2) tough switch (shoot, withy, withe) for binding /Serbo-Croatianhúžva
withe /SlovakUralic
gaz-
weed /HungarianHungarian geszt is of unknown origin [Chong]
gúzs withe; guzsaly distaff /Hungarian
Hungarian gúzs and guzsaly are thought to be of Slavic origin [Chong]
Sumerian
geš, giš, ngeš, ngiš tree; wood; etc.
geš-tin tree of life, grape vine
Afro-Asiatic/Semitic
gwz#2 N gwz) /Aramaic [cal]
1 Syr,JBA,Mand staff 2 JBA tree trunk, stem
LS2 108 J 219 AAC 119
LS2 v: gawAzA)
gwz( N gwz() /Aramaic [cal]
1 Syr rod, trunk 2 Syr forma originaria ? (grammatical)
LS2 112
LS2 v: guwz(A)
Altaic
*gàči (~ *gèča) branch, bough /Altaic [ss]
aĝaç branch, tree, wood /Turkish [listed under ács carpenter in Chong]
Basque
gezuraga brambly place {derived from gezur "lie" + -aga "abundance of"}
Caucasian
*Goz|V green colour; dirt /North Caucasian [ss]
*G|izi dirt /Andian [ss]
G|uzi /Andi; G|izi /Akhvakh; G|iz /Chamalal; G|izi /Tindi [ss]
*x|ys ( ~ G|:-,-z:) dirt /Tsezian [ss]
G|iz /Bezhita; G|yz /Gunzib [ss]
*q:ac:y- green /Lezghian [ss]
q:ac:u /Lezghi; G|aze-f /Agul [ss]
Dravidian
kasa, kasavu rubbish, sweepings, weed (Kannad.a) (DEDR 1088) [sk]
@@@@@@@@@@@ Urine @@@@@@@@@@@@@
Uralic
húgy urine /Hungarian {/gy/ like palatised /d'/}
*kVc'e, *kVn'c'e urine (Proto Uralic) // *kunc'e urine (Proto FU) [Chong]
kuse- (Finnish); kos- (Khanty); hos- (Southern Khanty); kudz' urine (Komi); gudzˆ'dzˆâ- (Lappish); kun's'- (Man's'i); kõzˆa- (Mari); kyz' urine (Udmurt) [Chong]
kinzi- (Kamas); kunc- (Motor); küz urine (Šölqup) [Chong]
Sumerian
kàš urine [jh]
Altaic
Turkic
? qašan urine (Old Turkic); ka$an urine (Turkish) [Chong]
Tungus
udzˆihi bladder (Ewen); udzˆik bladder (Ewenki); xudzˆun anus (Nanay) [Chong]
*kVdzˆV urine (Proto-Tungusic) [Chong]
Chukchee-Kamchatkan
*thąs
urine (моча) /Proto Chukchee-Kamchatkan [ss: PN155]*hąttą-t
urine (моча ) < **thąthąt /Proto Chukchee-Koryak [ss: PN329]?ą'ttąt
, ?ąt- (I) /Chukchee; hąttą " (I) /Koryak [ss]*thił
, *this " /Proto Itelmen [ss;PN155]thes-thes urine (моча ) /Sedank dialect; txil'-tciľ "urina" /West Itelmen [ss]
@@@@@@@@@ Dirt, muck; unclean, impure @@@@@@@@
Indo-European
Celtic
cosmal rubbish, refuse of meat, etc. /Gaelic [mcb]
gusgul refuse, dirt, idle words, roaring /Gaelic [mcb]
Armenian
kos dirt; eczema, leprosy; moss, seaweed /Old Armenian - Dorosmai [Chong]
Baltic
gâzê rubbish, trash, gâzês excrement /Prussian [lp]
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
khaz 'dirt of the body, garments, and the like; etc.' /Persian [fjs]
khashak chips, leaves, sprigs, shoots, suckers, young grass, small bits of wood, shavings, parings, or refuse of any kind; also dust, motes, straws, or anything similar which gets into the eye or liquors; rubbish, siftings /Persian [fjs]
k∂ččyl
evil-smelling mud, filth /Baluchi [mab]Indo-Aryan
gosnala a place where dirt is thrown /Khowar
Uralic
kosz muck, dirt /Hungarian
Hungarian kosz is of unknown origin [Chong]
Sumerian
kàš urine [jh]
Niger-Congo (?)
kosoo uncleanliness /Mandinka [pc1]
kus buttocks /Wollof [pc2]
Afro-Asiatic
h.s excrement /Old Egyptian [cgj]
Altaic
*kuŝi to rot /Altaic [ss]
*kuŝu 1 touchwood 2 dandruff, soot /Tungus [ss]
kutin 1 [ = kuĉin] /Negidal; x|osori, x|usuri 2 /Manzhu; kuĉ 1 /Even; kuĉu 1 /Evenki [ss]
*ku\sy\- odorous /Korean [ss]
kusu-hada /Modern Korean; ku\sy\- /Middle Korean [ss]
*ku\sa\- foul, stinking /Japanese [ss]
ku\sa\- /Old Japanese; kusa/- /Tokyo [ss]
Turkic
gäz dirt; gäzlemek to get dirty /Turkmen [glnp]
Japanese
kasu dregs /Old Japanese [ss]
kaso dregs; refuse; dross; kuso excrement
kuzu waste; rubbish; scum
Caucasian
*ĉE>xwA urine; excrements, rubbish /North Caucasian [ss]
*ĉVx|-ar rubble, quarry-stone /Nakh [ss]
ĉx|ar /Chechen; ĉx|ar /Ingush [ss]
*ĉul| (~ ĉol|w|) 1 urine 2 dung (of a horse, donkey) /Lezghian [ss]
ĉux 1 /Lezghi; ĉux 1 /Tabasaran; ĉuxw|-an 2 /Rutul [ss]
ĉxir a pile of dry dung /Khinalug [ss]
*ĉ/@xw|@ 1 urinate 2 rain 3 hail /Abkhaz-Adyghe [ss]
a-ĉ/x|w|-ra/ 1 /Abkhaz; q:e-ŝ/x@-n 2 /Adyghe; q:e-ŝx@-n 2 /Circassian; tw|a/-ŝ/x 3 /Ubykh [ss]
*k.[u]rĉ.V (~ -c./-) dung, excrements /North Caucasian [ss]
*k.uĉ.V dung (of small animals) /Andian [ss]
k.uĉ. /Avar [ss]
*k.[u]rĉ.(a) dung: 1 of small animals 2 of birds 3 of sheep /Lezghian [ss]
k.a"ĉ., k.a"ĉ.e 1 Kryz; k.iĉ.a?_ 2 Budukh; k.urĉ. 3 Archi [ss]
k.yĉ faeces; bird's excrements /Khinalug [ss]
Dravidian
*k^ac- dirt, impurity /Dravidian [ss]
*kac- uncleanness; dirt /South Dravidian [ss]
kacat.u uncleanness, dirtiness, dregs, blemish, fault, imperfection /Tamil; kacci straw, stubble, rubbish /Malayalam; kasa, kasavu rubbish, sweepings, weed, useless plant, afterbirth, placenta /Kannada; kajavu, kaja:vu rubbish, sweepings, afterbirth /Tulu [ss]
*kas- /Nilgiri protoform [ss]
*kas- impurity, dirt, foulness, sin /Telugu [ss]
*kas-a: dirt on the body /North Dravidian [ss]
kassa: "layer of dirt on the body" /Kurukh [ss]
kase /Malto [ss]
kasa, kasavu rubbish, sweepings, weed (Kannad.a) (DEDR 1088) [sk]
Mayan
Chorti [cw] (?)
kusum 'mold, fungus, plant rust'
kusum taka 'moldy, having mold'
kusumer 'mold, covered with fungus'
kusumran 'become moldy' (cl.3)
kusumres 'cause to mold, allow to mold' (cl.2a)
Quechua
qicha; qichalira // qecha // q'echa; q'echalera // q'icha diarrhoea [q2]
qichay // qechay // q'ichay to evacuate diarrhoea [q2]
qichaykuy // q'echaykuy to soil [q2]
qusqu fatty (dirty) [q2]
Ulwa
kisa residue; sediment; grounds; dregs [ud]
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Indo-European
*awo-, *awio- mother's brother /PIE [cb1] and its cognates include
Greek aia ground, motherland
Latin ăvus, -i grandfather, an ancestor
Common Celtic *avios (related to grandfather); > Old Irish aue, haue (grandson), Irish ó (grandson), Welsh ewythr (mother's brother), Cornish euitor, Breton eontr
Armenian hav, gen. havu grandfather
Common Germanic *awón-, *awé-, *awun-
Lithuanian ava mother's brother's wife, avynas mother's brother, Old Prussian awis
Common Slavic *ujï mother's brother
"The PIE term is rather dark, and its origin and exact meaning are not quite clear yet. It is obvious, however, that it denoted kinship". [from cb1]
Slavic
habati to wear out /Serbo-Croatian
obnosiť (sa) wear out /Slovak
Uralic
avul to wear out, grow old, become antiquated /Hungarian
apó grandfather; old man [p>v] /Hungarian
Sumerian
ab-ba father; elder; ancestor (Akk. loanword) [jh]
Altaic
*a\po to wear out, be spoiled [ss]
*ebi to be weak, to wither [ss]
*op`a to wear out, be wasted, have a bad appearance [ss]
*ep`V grandfather /Altaic [ss]
*ebü-gen /Mongol
*epu /Tungus
*òp- /Korean [ss]
ab
very old /Soron TurkEtruscan
avula
grandfather [az96]![]()
hajka hunt with pack; hunt, chase; pack of hounds /Serbo-Croatian
hajkati to pursue, chase, hunt, startle game; ferret /Serbo-Croatian
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]
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]
haj-du
cattle drover./HungarianAfro-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]
Yuki
hąy-
look for, hunt [y84]![]()
haračiti
to pillage, loot, plunder; rob /Serbo-CroatianIndo-European
Classical Armenian [cao]
harkim I pay tribute
harkeln infinitive as verbal complement; of harkim
Slavic
haračiti
to pillage, loot, plunder; rob /Serbo-Croatian(1) Indo-Iranian/Iranian [fjs]
kharaj tribute, tax, revenue; capitation-tax; [kharaji sar, Polltax; -- kharaji mal, Tax upon effects; etc. /Persian
[fjs lists this as a loan from Semitic/Arabic in contrast to [Cheung]
(2) Indo-Iranian/Iranian [Cheung: 1756]
*harH- to pay tribute; to barter, trade, exchange ? /Proto Iranian
Middle Persian: (nomin.) ? MMP hr'g, BMP hlg /harg/ `duty, tribute; work, effort'; Parthian: (+ *u_i-) whyr- `to confuse (?)'; Khotanese: (nomin.) ha"ra- `thing; possession' ; Chorasmian: (nomin.) 'rk (f.) `work, labour' ; New West Iranian: (+ *ui-) (denomin.) NP gauhari:dan, NP gahu:li:dan `to exchange, barter', Kurd. (Kurm.) guhe:r:i:n/guhe:r:-, guhartin/guhe:r-, go:ra:ndin/go:ri:n-, (Sor.) go:r:a:n/go:r:- `to exchange', Gur. (Kand.) gurya:/n `to be changed, change [intr.]' (perh. < Pers.) ; New East Iranian: (nomin.) Wa. (y)ark `work, matter, business', Yaghn. ark `work, matter, business'
Note
: the Persian form is actually an old borrowing from Imperial Aramaic, cf. Biblical Aram. hala:x| a kind of taxOther Iranian forms: (nomin.) Arm. hark (LW) `duty, tribute', Arab. (LW) xarj^ `tax; expenses' (< MIr. *harg, BMP hlg), Arab. xara:j^ (LW) `land, property tax' (< MIr. *hara:g, MMP hr'g)
Note: Cheung lists the Arabic xara:j^ as deriving from Iranian in contrast to [fjs]
Indo-European reconstruction:
*selH1- `to take into possession, possess, earn' ?
Indo-European cognates: Greek. έλειν `to take (by force)', (nomin.) ελωρ `loot, booty, catch', Gothic. saljan `to bring, sacrifice', Old Norse selia, Old English sellan `to hand over, sell', English. to sell, (nomin.) Old High German sala `delivery of goods', etc.
(+ *uo-), OIrish fuillem `to earn', (nomin.) OIrish `possession'
Uralic
har-ács contribution, tax /Hungarian
harács-ol to loot, plunder, rob, steal /Hungarian
Afro-Asiatic/Semitic
krg N krg) /Aramaic /[cal]
1 JBA type of tax
J 664
Biblical Aramaic. hala:x| a kind of tax
[Cheung: 1756]Dravidian
kar. to steal (Mand.a); xar.na_ to steal (Kur.ux); kal. to rob, steal, deceive; n. stealing, theft, robbery (Tamil); kal.kkuka to steal (Malayalam); kal.avu theft (Malayalam,Tamil); kal.v to steal (Kota); kal. to steal (Kod.agu); kal.l.a deceitful (Tulu); thief (Kannad.a); kalla falsehood, deceit (Telugu); kall to steal (Gondi); kalli mleha/mneha rogue, scoundrel (Kuwi); xalb theft (Kur.ux); qale to rob (Malto) [sk]
su_r-ekol. to rob, plunder. (Kannad.a); cu_rakonu to rob, plunder (Telugu); cu_r-ai robbery, dacoity, pillage (Tamil); su.r-y loot (Toda); su_r-e plundering, pillaging, ransacking, plunder, spoil (Kannad.a); su_re plundering, ransacking, pillaging (Tulu); cu_r-a plunder, loot (Telugu) [sk]
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harfa harp /Serbo-Croatian
harfa harp /Slovak
hárfa harp /Hungarian << loan from European "harp"
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Indo-European/Slavic
hasna use, service, help; profit, good, benefit, advantage /Serbo-Croatian
hasnati be useful, of use, be profitable /Serbo-Croatian
úžitok benefit, profit /Slovak
Uralic
hasz-on
advantage, benefit /Hungarian![]()
hatar territory, district, country /Serbo-Croatian
Indo-European
Slavic
hatar territory, district, country /Serbo-Croatian < from Hungarian
Indo-Iranian
qadir potent, powerful, able, capable, skilful; the powerful, an attribute of God /Persian [fjs]
From Semitic/Arabic qadir according to [fjs]
hadd, had (v.n.), setting bounds; defining; boundary, term, limit, extremity, extent; a goal for racers, a starting-post; bar, obstruction, impediment, separation; point of a thing, edge (of wit or of steel), sharpness; cause of urgency; anger, rage, fury; a restrictive ordinance of the divine law; legal punishment (especially by the lash) for certain crimes /Persian [fjs]
From Semitic/Arabic according to [fjs]
[h]∂dd (n.) border, boundary line, place /Baluchi [mab]
Uralic
hotolm power /Old Hungarian {12th. Century} (Modern, hatalom) [gzb1]
hat extent of effect, power /Hungarian
-hat- allowed, able infix /Hungarian << Uralic *katte-
hat-ár limit; boundary; frontier /Hungarian
The area of the clan/nation settlements kat=house, kunte=clan, clan area in Uralic but also in Altaic.
Officially, Hungarian hat is of FU origin and határ is a possible derivative of hat. [Chong]
Niger-Congo (?)
kattan (n.) power, strength /Wollof [pc2]
Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
kudurru border (pl. kudurrī) /Akkadian [ahd]
[from ahd and listed under Semitic ntr "to see, watch, guard"]
xwT N xwT) /Aramaic [cal]
1 ImpArEg,Palestinian,Sam,Syr,JBA thread 2 Syr root thread 3 Syr measuring cord 4 Syr seam 5 JLAGal border line 6 JBA fringe
LS2 220
LS2 V: xuwTA)
Cognate Set <Ehret (1987) , #545> [oi4]
Cushitic
Bedawiye, Beja
hata outside, space outside house/village (Bedawiye, Beja)
Cushitic, South
haa+ beyond /Proto South Cushitic
Altaic
Turkic
hudut limits; frontier /Turkish
het 1. limit, boundary, border 2. boldness, courage /Turkmen [glnp]
Tungus
hethe property /Manchu [as]
kadalambi to rule, to govern /Manchu [as]
Japanese
hate end; extremity; limits; bounds
Dravidian
hadd border; boundary; bounds; rank, position; place /Brahui; haddu a limit, a border; the end or extremity of /Kannad.a; haddubastu settlement or demarcation of boundaries (Kannad.a lex.) [sk]
ka_t.u border, limit; a measure = 4 an.aippu = more than 2 acres; burning-ghat, burial ground; place; tract of land; dry land; small village (Tamil.lex.) cf. kat.t.a bund of field (Kolami); gat.u (pl. gat.ku) bund (Kond.a); gat.t.u (pl. gat.ka) bund of field (Kuwi); gat.u boundary, end of field (Kuwi) [sk]
catir boundary, limit (Tamil); atir id. (Malayalam); adiri border (Kannad.a); adiru, aduru a limit, boundary wall (Tulu)(DEDR 2325). [sk]
Yuki
hât great, large [y84]
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hintov carriage, coach /Serbo-Croatian
hintó coach /Hungarian
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hir maggot; caprice, whim, freak, crotchet, vagary, fancy /Serbo-Croatian
Indo-European/Slavic
hir maggot; caprice, whim, freak, crotchet, vagary, fancy /Serbo-Croatian
Uralic
hernyó worm, caterpillar /Hungarian
Altaic
kurt 1. wolf 2. worm, maggot /Turkish
Basque
har worm
Dravidian
*er- worm /Dravidian [ss]
*Ir-ai worm /South Dravidian
*er- earthworm /Telugu
*er- (*-r-) earthworm /Gondwan [ss]
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холм
(kholm), vozvyshenie hill /Russian; hylm; kup hill /Bulgar; hum hillock, hill /Serbo-CroatianIndo-European/Slavic
холм
(kholm), vozvyshenie hill /Russian; hylm; kup hill /Bulgarhum hillock, hill /Serbo-Croatian
Uralic
halom hill, hillock; heap, pile /Hungarian
Afro-Asiatic/Semitic
glmh N /Aramaic [cal]
1 Palestinian hill 2 Palestinian valley
gōlem
formless mass, unfinished thing < gālam to wrap up /Hebrew [ahd] ?Caucasian
*x|a":l/V stack, haystack /North Caucasian [ss]
*x|o:la haystack /Nakh [ss]
x|o:la /Chechen; x|ol /Ingush [ss]
*x|w|olo ( ~ *qw|-) haystack /Andian [ss]
x|w|olo /Andi [ss]
*x|:a"l(a) ( ~ -l:-) 1 haystack, rick 2 sheaves ready for threshing /Lezghian [ss]
?|a"l (Khl.) 1 /Lezghi; x|a"l 2 /Rutul [ss]
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hrčak
hamster /Serbo-Croatianhörcsög hamster /Hungarian
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hrka snore, snoring; hrkati to snore /Serbo-Croatian
Indo-European/Slavic
hrka snore, snoring; hrkati to snore /Serbo-Croatian
Uralic
hor-kol to snore; to grunt /Hungarian (onomatopoetic)
Altaic
horlama; horlamk snore /Turkish
Dravidian
kur-ukur-uppu, kur-ukur-uppai snoring, stertorous breathing (Tamil); kur-ukur-ukka to breathe with difficulty, the sound in the throat of a dying person (Mfa.); kur-ut.t.uka to grunt; kurkku a snore (Malayalam); gur-u, gur-u gur-u a sound in imitation of snoring or purring; gur-r-ugut.t.u to growl, snarl (as dogs, bears, tigers)(Ka.); gur-r-u gur-r-u sound of growling, snarling, etc.; gu_ru to snore (Kannad.a); gurane the snarling of a dog; guragut.t.uni, gurkut.t.uni to grunt ; gurru-korepuni to bark, growl, snore; gurku, gurkugurku roar of a tiger, grunting of a pig (Tulu); gur-r-umanu to snore, growl, snarl; kur-r-u to cry, yell, groan (Telugu); gurra_na_ to snore (Gondi); go_r to snore (Kond.a); d.ro_ka snore, snoring (Kui); dr.eki-ki_ali id. (Kuwi); gurra_rna_ to roar (as a tiger), snarl or growl fiercely, utter angry words or shouts of anger (Kur.ux) [sk]
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ibrik coffee-pot, ewer, jug /Serbo-Croatian
Indo-European
Slavic
ibrik coffee-pot, ewer, jug /Serbo-Croatian
Indo-Iranian
ibrik ewer, a water-pot with a spout, a jug; a brilliant sword /Persian (Farsi) [fjs]
From Semitic/Arabic ibrik according to [fjs]
Uralic
ibrik can; pot /Hungarian
Hungarian ibrik is officially of Turkic and ultimately of Persian origin. [Chong]
Sumerian
ebir (2), epir (2) small pot; beer mug [jh]
Afro-Asiatic/Semitic
)bryq N )bryq) /Aramaic [cal]
1 Syr pitcher
LS2 3
LS2 v: )abrEyqA)
")" = aleph.
Altaic
ibrik a narrow-necked type of mug (Osman) [Chong]
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ikra fish roe /Serbo-Croatian
Indo-European
Slavic
ikra fish roe /Serbo-Croatian
икра (ikra) 1. roe, caviar 2. calf (of the leg) /Russian
ikra roe /Polish
ikri roe, spawn /Latvian
Uralic
ikra fish roe /Hungarian
Altaic
Turkic/Khakas
örgen roe, spawn, caviar [kl]
üzürgen roe, spawn, caviar {üzürgän RI:1897<Verbitskij Sagay} [kl]
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isitniti to cleave (split, chop, cut) small, make chips /Serbo-Croatian
Indo-European
Slavic
isitniti to cleave (split, chop, cut) small, make chips /Serbo-Croatian
Uralic
Ugrian *kac'e burst, cut
has
-ad tear,rend,crack; has-ít split; has-o-gat to split into fine strips; has-on-lo similar (things cut are identical at the cut) /Hungarianfesz-e-get to pry, try to open; fesz-ít to stretch, expand, strain /Hungarian
Sumerian
haz, haš to break or cut off; to thresh grain [jh]
Afro-Asiatic
Egyptian
h.sk. cut off, hew off /Old Egyptian [cgj]
psš divide; psšw divider (of property); psšt division, share /Old Egyptian [cgj]
Semitic
qşb
to cut, cut off /Semitic Root [ahd]qaşaba
to cut up /Arabic [ahd]qsm to divide, distribute, assign, ordain, practice divination /West Semitic [ahd]
Arabic qisma "portion, lot, destiny, fate" from qasama "to divide, distribute, assign, foreordain".[ahd]
hśm
to smash, shatter, destroy /Arabic Root [ahd]h.şş
to cut, divide, diminish /Semitic Root [ahd]h.āş
aş to divide /Hebrew [ahd]Cognate Set <Newman (1977) , #16> [oi4]
Chadic
*fas%@ break /Proto Chadic
f@hl break /Gaanda; fasaa break /Hausa; pese hatch /Kera
p@hl@ break /Margi; paj break /Tumak
Altaic
*piuĉa to tear, split, cut /Altaic [ss]
byĉ- / *bic to cut /Turkic [ss]
byĉ- /Old Turkic; biĉ- /Turkish; biĉ- /Turkmen; p@s/- /Chuvash [ss]
*biĉi 1 small 2 to demolish, crush /Mongolian [ss]
b/acxan 1, b/acla- 2 /Khalkha; biĉkn. 1 /Kalmuck; piĉi 'into small pieces' /Dagur; paz^|il@ 'into small pieces' /Monguor [ss]
see Hungarian pici "small" below.
*puŝe- 1 to split, burst 2 to pierce through /Tungus [ss]
fusxu- 1 /Manzhu; xuĉe-remz^|i 2 /Orok; huĉe-rge 1 /Evenki [ss]
*pĉy/ĉ(h)- to tear /Korean [ss]
ĉ:it- (-ĉ-) /Modern Korean; pĉy/ĉ(h)- /Middle Korean [ss]
*pa\sa\-m- to cut, shear /Japanese [ss]
pa\sa\-m- /Old Japanese; hasa/m-u /Tokyo [ss]
hasaisuru
, hishigu to crush, smash, shatter, crack to pieces, break up /JapaneseDravidian
isigka
crack, slit, chink /Kur.ux; isigna_ (isgya_) to open in long slits, chap, crack /Kur.ux; hisi to burst (as a jack fruit, a very tight jacket; to crack (as a wall, a cooking vessel) (Kannad.a lex.); pasuge, hasige, hasuge dividing, separating; division; part, portion, share; apportionment; arrangement, disposition /Kannad.a (Kannad.a lex.) hasige dividing etc.; division or sharing of the produce between the cultivator and landlord; hasige-pat.t.a a list or account of the division of the produce; hasige-mutsaddi a clerk who keeps the account of such division; hasige a toll (as of vegetable, grain) exacted by official personages from the vendors /Kannad.a [sk]Etruscan
hisu acute, fine [az96]
Mayan
Chorti [cw]
hat 'a splitting or cleaving'
hati 'split, crack open' (cl.1)
k'as 'a breaking, a breaking off'
k'asan 'a break'
k'asi 'break a thing, break in two' (cl.1)
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Uralic
*piC'V small /Uralic [mc2]
pici tiny, minute, small; pici-ke very tiny, small {see -ka, -ke diminutive suffix} /Hungarian
*pojka
boy/FinnUgor.fioka > fiu boy /Hungarian
[English boy is not really related since it comes from a totally different meaning and replacing the old word knave (German knabe). Originally "boy" meant a servant.]
Sumerian
peš
small, boyAltaic
*biĉa small /Altaic [mc2]
baji a little bit more, a while; biha a bit, a little /Manchu [as]
*ba\ka young /Altaic [ss]
*baga young, small /Mongolian [ss]
baga Khalkha; bag|@ Kalmuck [ss]
*ba\ka\- young /Japanese [ss]
wa\ka\- Old Japanese; waka/-i Tokyo [ss]
Sino-Tibetan
*po:k child /Sino-Tibetan [ss]
Meaning "servant; groom" [ss]
pu 2 /Modern (Beijing) < buk /Middle Chinese < bo:k /Old Chinese
bō /Vietnamese
phrug, phrug-gu, phru child, a young one. /Tibetan; pauk young of animals; sprout. /Burmese [ss]
Austric
poki son, male child /Rapanui [anon]
poki atariki eldest son; poki hagupotu youngest son; poki hágai adopted son. [anon]
poto short; potoki youngest child /Moriori [mor]
tamariki, puhou young /Mäori [ng]
paku, pakupaku small /Mäori [ng]
Caucasian
*b[a]c.V kid, young goat /North Caucasian [ss]
*p:ac.V-j 1 small 2 kid 3 small sheep /Lezghian [ss]
Dravidian
*pi:c-/ *picc- small, short [mc2] /Dravidian
pi_cca, pi_ccan what is small, dwarfish, immature /Malayalam; pi_cu shortness, smallness; picce shortness or deficiency in measure or weight /Kannad.a; pi_cilu thin, slender /Tulu; picca low, base, mean; short, deficient, false /Telugu; picin-a_r-i, picin-e_r-i miser; picin-i niggard; miserliness, niggardliness; picuku (picuki-) to be niggardly; picukku miserliness, niggardliness; picukkar mean-minded persons; picupicuttavan- niggard /Tamil; pis'ukku niggardliness; pis'ukkan niggard, miser /Malayalam; picci Mammon; pici parsimony, stinginess; stingy, miserly /Tulu; piccapat.t.u stinginess, miserliness; pisid.i, pisina_ri, pisini miserly, stingy; pisini-got.t.u miser; pikku to be miserly; pi_na_si stingy person /Telugu [sk]
Indo-European
Italic
? poco small, tiny, little /Spanish
Indo-Iranian
pā'ka
(1) calf, young; (2) simple /SanskritThis one is thought to have the literal meaning of "sucking" and hence is believed to derive from the root pā 'drink' /Sanskrit
Ulwa
basaka, bisika small; little [ud]
baka small child; bakaka child, offspring [ud]
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Indo-European/Slavic (??)
úzky small /Slovak; uzkij narrow /Russian
Uralic
ici-pici tiny /Hungarian
{Hungarian /c/ sounds like /ts/ or /tz/}
Altaic/Turkic
az little, few; az-azdan little by little; az-oblak a little bit /Turkmen [glnp]
u∫ak small, little, fine; u∫amak to become smaller; u∫atmak 1. to make smaller, shallower 2. to exchange, barter /Turkmen [glnp]
Austric
itiiti, kitakita tiny; iti, pakupaku, ririki small /Mäori [ng]
Dravidian
ittini very little (Tamil); ittiri, icciri id. (Malayalam); is's'i a little (Malayalam); isumanta adj., adv. a litt,e a particle, a jot; incuka a little; adv. a little somewhat (Telugu); ijik a little (Gondi); izri small, little (Kond.a); icuk a little (Mand.a); icki, icke little, small, tiny (Pengo); icci, ici, i_ci small (Kuwi); uccai, hu_cai (Kuwi)(DEDR 410).[sk]
as'u thin, slender /Malayalam; a_cu anything small or mean, minuteness, trifle /Tamil; asi, asa thinness, leanness, minuteness /Kannad.a; asi slight /Telugu; asadu small, slender /Telugu [sk]
Quechua
achiwa small [q2]
as little; small quantity [q2]
uchuklla; uchulla // uchuy // huch'uy // ichik small [q2]
Yuki
?u·čič
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